CHAPTER 11
How Are These Biomarkers Measured?
PART 1
The Role of Biomarkers
The role of biomarkers is to increase the certainty of diagnosis at a time when treatments might be most effective. Measures of structural and functional change may be more useful in predicting progression to Alzheimer’s dementia than measures that indicate an Alzheimer’s pathology is present.It should be said that considerable work still needs to be accomplished to decide what will be the most effective ways for biomarkers to be used by your doctor or healthcare professional.
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theVisualMD Wishes to Thank our Scientific Collaborators:
- Jeffrey Cummings, MD
Director, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center of Brain Health, Las Vegas - Stephen Salloway, MD, MS
Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry Alpert Medical School of Brown University - Philip Scheltens, MD, PhD
Director, Alzheimer`s Center VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Reisa Sperling, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School - Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD
Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease Massachusetts General Hospital - Audrey Chun, MD
Medical Director, Martha Stewart Center for Living Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York - Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD
John B Penney Jr Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Director, Massachusetts Alzheimer Disease Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital - University of Pittsburgh Amyloid Imaging Group
- John H. Morrison, PhD
Dean of Basic Sciences and the Graduate School of Biological Sciences Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Director, Neurobiology of Aging Laboratories Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Brad Dickerson, MD
Harvard University - Mony John de Leon
Professor, Director Center of Brain Health, Department of Psychiatry, Langone Medical Center, New York University - Ramon Figueroa, MD
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