Newsletter

Mind Matters is the Biannual Newsletter of the Memory and Aging Center & Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center research programs. The Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), directed by Dr. Bruce Miller and funded by the National Institute on Aging, is a research program that supports and promotes research on Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases that cause dementia. This research program is being conducted by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) and the Department of Veteran Affairs at San Francisco (VA). The ADRC is composed of several components — for more information CLICK HERE. The Memory and Aging Center (MAC), also directed by Dr. Bruce Miller, is the clinical program, providing assessment and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.

Mind Matters is published every Spring and Fall. In order to view the newsletters, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. If you cannot open the newsletter, click here to download the program:

FALL 2006 PDF file

• FEATURE: Philanthropic Organization Benefits Young Investigators
• SPOTLIGHT: Revealing the Artist Within
• A Caregiver's Story
• RESEARCH NEWS: Evaluation of Executive Function

SPRING 2006 PDF file

• FEATURE: Career Start-Up Awards Help Launch New Research Projects
• SPOTLIGHT: Studies Link Language Function and Brain Regions
• A Caregiver's Story
• RESEARCH NEWS: New Brain Scan Helps Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease

• FEATURE: Foundation Advances Center-Wide Programs
• SPOTLIGHT: Autopsy Program Improves Diagnoses and Care
• A Caregiver's Story
• RESEARCH NEWS: Video Used to Study Diagnostic Reliability

Spring 2005 PDF file

• FEATURE: Distinguished Award Granted to Faculty Member
• SPOTLIGHT: Novel Research Studies on Emotions in Dementia
• A Caregiver's Story
• RESEARCH NEWS: New trial for treatment of CJD, a rapidly progressive dementia

• FEATURE: UCSF Achieves Major NIH Designation for Moving in on Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
• SPOTLIGHT: UCSF Makes First Steps in Study of Dementia in Diverse Ethnic Groups
• A Caregiver's Story
• RESEARCH NEWS: Memantine: A new use for a new drug