research streams

The AIBL study has four research streams:

• Clinical & Cognitive

  Reseachers at the University of Melbourne, the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science and Edith Cowan University lead the neuropsychological testing of the AIBL study cohort to classify participants and monitor their condition. Read more...

• Biomarkers

  The biomarkers programme aims to identify genetic and/or biochemical markers of Alzheimer's Disease in the blood. Read more...

• Neuroimaging

  Facilities at the Brain Research Institute, Austin Health Centre for PET, the Hollywood Private Hospital and the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are being used to image 287 AIBL study participants using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and PET. Read more...

• Lifestyle

  The lifestyle research stream is looking at the possible influences that physical activity and dietary habits may have on the progression of Alzheimer's Disease. Read more...

ADNI data

study research team

publications

• AIBL volunteers function presentation [PDF:530kb]
  
• The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (AIBL) methodology and baseline characteristics of 1112 individuals recruited for a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease. [PDF:224kb]
  In Press. International Psychogeriatrics, First View article. Published online by Cambridge University Press 27 May 2009
  doi: 10.1017/S1041610209009405
• P1-238: The Australian biomarker, imaging and lifestyle study: Preliminary PiB results Alzheimer's and Dementia, Volume 4, Issue 4, Supplement 1, July 2008, Page T283 doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.827
• IC-03-03: The Australian Biomarker, Imaging and Lifestyle Study: Preliminary PIB results Alzheimer's and Dementia, Volume 4, Issue 4, Supplement 1, July 2008, Page T7 doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.008
• Discovering the Early Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease: Neuropsychological Findings from the Longitudinal AIBL Flagship Study of Ageing [Abstract]. Brain Impairment, 9, 2008, 64-65.