Dementia Matters

What We Have Learned from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention Study

12.10.2019 - By Wisconsin Alzheimer‘s Disease Research CenterPlay

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Our guest is Dr. Sterling Johnson, associate director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and principal investigator of the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP) study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The WRAP study is one of the largest and longest-running observational studies of Alzheimer's disease in the world. Dr. Johnson shares study findings, discusses advancements in brain imaging, and introduces the concept of amyloid chronicity. Guest: Sterling Johnson, PhD, professor of medicine (geriatrics), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Show Notes:

What is the WRAP study? 3:28

Findings from the study: 8:06

WRAP studies outside of Wisconsin: 10:59

What is amyloid chronicity? 15:19

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