A significant focus of Stark Neurosciences Research Institute is on the neurobiology and molecular genetics of neurodegenerative disorders, including most prominently Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are exploring the causes of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, searching for new methods to detect the disease early and discovering the latest advances to slow and prevent the disease. Neuroscience experts collaborate on basic and translational science programs within the research institute through multiple nationally funded studies, centers and consortia based out of IU School of Medicine.
Neurodegenerative Disorders Research
Advancing Alzheimer's disease Research
IU School of Medicine is home to a robust, productive and renowned researcher centers, labs and programs that collaborate to advance research on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
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Many of these investigators are part of the neurodegenerative research focus group at Stark Neurosciences Research Institute.
Research Partners
Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center
Longitudinal Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS)
Model Organism Development and Evaluation for Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease (MODEL-AD)
Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health
Regenstrief Institute and the Center for Aging Research
National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD)
Faculty investigators
Liana G. Apostolova, MS, MD, FAAN
Barbara and Peer Baekgaard Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research
Leonid Rubchinsky, PhD
Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences