Military risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are signature injuries of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and have been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias. A meeting hosted by the Alzheimer's Association and the Veterans' Health Research Institute (NCIRE) in May 2012 brought together experts from the U.S. military and academic medical centers around the world to discuss current evidence and hypotheses regarding the pathophysiological mechanisms linking TBI, PTSD, and AD. Studies underway in civilian and military populations were highlighted, along with new research initiatives such as a study to extend the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) to a population of veterans exposed to TBI and PTSD. Greater collaboration and data sharing among diverse research groups is needed to advance an understanding and appropriate interventions in this continuum of military injuries and neurodegenerative disease in the aging veteran.
Source: Alzheimer s & Dementia
Institutions: San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, United States Army, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Georgetown University, Veterans Health Administration, Washington DC VA Medical Center, University of Virginia, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M University, Boston University, Mayo Clinic, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, University of Gothenburg, Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Alzheimer's Association
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2149749097