Oxidative Stress, Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

这个指导以患者为导向的研究职业奖的总体目标是为申请人提供必要的工具，成为一个独立的研究人员在老龄化和阿尔茨海默氏病，通过对风险因素的流行病学研究进行事件阿尔茨海默氏病，认知和运动功能的变化，以及死亡风险。先前的研究表明阿尔茨海默病和帕金森病症状密切相关，提出了共同发病机制的可能性。我们建议将氧化应激作为阿尔茨海默病的危险因素，认知功能的变化和帕金森症状的进展以及死亡风险进行研究。拟议的研究将利用来自900名参与宗教秩序研究的无痴呆症患者的冷冻血清标本，这是一项正在进行的衰老和阿尔茨海默病流行病学研究，以及来自年度结构化临床评估的纵向临床数据。已经有大约150例发病病例和200例死亡。除了这个重点突出，结构化和及时的研究项目外，职业发展计划还包括在一个非常成功的多学科环境中进行结构化指导，以及正式课程工作计划，这将导致临床研究科学硕士学位。

The overall goal of this Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Award is to provide the applicant Development with the necessary tools to become an independent investigator in aging and Alzheimer's disease, through the conduct of an epidemiologic study of risk factors for incident Alzheimer's disease, change in cognitive and motor function, and risk of death. Prior work suggesting that Alzheimer's disease and parkinsonian signs are strongly related, raises the possibility of shared etiopathogenesis. We propose to examine oxidative stress as a risk factor for incident Alzheimer's disease, change in cognitive function and progression of parkinsonian signs, and risk of death. The proposed study will take advantage of frozen serum specimens from 900 persons without dementia participating in the Religious Orders Study, an ongoing epidemiologic study of aging and Alzheimer's disease, and longitudinal clinical data from annual structured clinical evaluations. There are already approximately 150 cases of incident disease and 200 deaths. In addition to this focused, structured, and timely research project, the career development plans include structured mentoring in a highly successful, multidisciplinary environment, and a program of formal course work that will lead to a Masters of Science in Clinical Research.