Ekaterina Rogaeva, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung, MD, MHSc, FRCPC and Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

John Wherrett, MD, FRCPC, PhD, Division of Neurology, Toronto Western Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Milita Crisby, MD, PhD, Neurotec Department, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden.

André Tanguay, MD, Chief Physician, Pavillon Hubert-Maisonneuve, CHSLD Drapeau-Deschambault, Rosemère, QC.

A novel brain mapping technique has provided the first quantitative, dynamic visualization of the spreading wave of cortical atrophy in the brains of living patients with Alzheimer disease (J Neurosci 2003;23:994-1005).

Previously, apolipoprotein E (ApoE) was the only gene unequivocally linked to a propensity for late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) development, but a step was recently made towards further elucidation of the genetics involved in the disease.

Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit 2nd Annual Conference at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, October 18, 2002

Joanna Goldberg, MSc, Associate Editor, Geriatrics & Aging.

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