FMRI OF VISUALLY MEDIATED EXPLICIT MEMORY IN AGING & AD

描述（改编自应用程序）： 这是一份导师研究科学家发展奖的申请 （MRSDA），题为“fMRI of Visually Mediated Explicit Memory in Aging and AD”。 该应用程序的首要目标是利用全脑功能 研究结构-功能关系的成像技术 外显记忆在正常衰老和阿尔茨海默病（AD）。功能性MRI 提供了一个独特的机会，研究分布的解剖 参与这种形式的存储器处理的系统，这是已知的， 在正常衰老中受到影响，通常是最早的认知变化， 在AD中检测到 计划进行一系列综合研究，目标如下： 评估视觉感知和视觉编码对 记忆表现和大脑激活模式都是用功能磁共振成像检测到的， 健康的年轻和老年受试者和轻度AD患者，通过研究 两组的视觉空间知觉和视觉特征知觉，（2）研究编码 的视觉空间和视觉功能刺激与功能磁共振成像，和（3）研究影响 认知策略在视觉空间和视觉特征编码过程中的作用 在年轻人、老年人和AD受试者中。据推测，任何有益的 策略的作用不仅体现在记忆的变化上， 表现，但也通过大脑激活模式的系统性变化。 此外，候选人建议寻求以下方面的培训：（1）基本 记忆的神经生物学，（2）认知心理学和神经心理学， 特别是当它涉及到老化和AD，（3）功能磁共振成像物理和分析 技术，以及（4）功能成像和 认知研究

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the application): This is an application for a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (MRSDA) entitled "fMRI of Visually Mediated Explicit Memory in Aging and AD". The overarching goal of this application is to utilize whole brain functional imaging techniques to study structure-function relationships subserving explicit memory in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Functional MRI provides a unique opportunity to investigate the distributed anatomical systems engaged in this form of memory processing, which is known to be affected in normal aging, and is generally the earliest cognitive change detected in AD. An integrated series of studies is planned with the following goals: (1) to assess the relative contributions of visual perception and visual encoding to both memory performance and patterns of brain activation detected with fMRI in healthy young and elderly subjects and patients with mild AD, by studying visuospatial and visuofeature perception in both groups, (2) to study encoding of visuospatial and visuofeature stimuli with fMRI, and (3) to study effects of cognitive strategy on both visouspatial and visuofeature encoding processes in young, elderly and AD subjects. It is hypothesized that any beneficial effects of strategy will be reflected not only by chnages in memory performance but also by systematic changes in brain activation patterns. In addition, the candidate proposes to seek training in: (1) the basic neurobiology of memory, (2) cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, particularly as it pertains to aging and AD, (3) fMRI physics and analytic techniques, and (4) statistical approaches to both functional imaging and cognitive studies.