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    Conducting research and treatment studies that focus on the brain and disorders of memory, mood, thinking, development and aging.

    • The AHEAD study tests whether a new treatment can slow brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease
    • [18F]FEOBV PET scan at Vanderbilt University Medical Center [18F]FEOBV is a PET radiotracer for in vivo assessment of cholinergic function by exhibiting high binding affinity and specificity for presynaptic vesicular acetylcholine transporters.
    • Newhouse and Taylor Labs at the Caregiver Alliance Health Fair
    • The Newhouse Team
    • "The Trial Ready Cohort" Enrollment of Older Adults with Down Syndrome at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
    • Join the Cognitive Health After Menopause (CHAMP) Study
    • Our Team at FiftyForward Martin Center Health and Wellness Fair
    • The MIND Study is by far the largest and longest-running study of its kind, testing whether nicotine can improve memory loss.
    • The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) Study

    Director's Welcome

    Newhouse_welcomeI am pleased to welcome you to the Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine. We are an interdisciplinary center focused on understanding the cognitive basis for neuropsychiatric disorders and developing therapeutic strategies to enhance brain and cognitive function and improve quality of life.

    Scientists in the Center study disorders ranging from autism to Alzheimer's disease with a focus on understanding the brain mechanisms that lead to disordered thinking and which may be core elements of these brain disorders. investigators focus on studies of patients and normal individuals that lead to insights on brain systems, how they work under normal conditions and what goes wrong in disease.

    VCCM investigators have made major contributions to our understanding of brain illness and its consequences and treatments in disorders such as schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder, late life depression, and Alzheimer's disease.

    A major focus of the VCCM is on the development of therapeutic treatments for brain disorders including efforts that range from the development of novel small molecules for Alzheimer's disease to the utilization of theater training to improve functioning in adolescents with autism.

    I encourage you to learn more about our Center and if appropriate, consider participating in our work as a research volunteer or trial participant. We are also excited to collaborate with outside investigators to invigorate our research and improve the lives of those with cognitive disorders.

    Welcome

    CCM Awards

    • CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Russell on winning the 2023 VKC Science Day Poster Competition Award

      December 14, 2023
    • ACTC Infrastructure Award

      December 14, 2023


    TAYLOR

    REMBRANDT Study
     

     

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    Depressed MIND 2
     

    AHEAD
     

    The AHEAD 3-45 Study 

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    The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
     

    Brain Donation Program 

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    Trial-Ready Cohort – Down Syndrome



    MIND

    Treatment of Early Memory Loss 

    Registry

    Research Participation Registry 

    Safety

    Safety Precautions with COVID-19  

    News & Events

    • CCM Down Syndrome Researchers work published in Neurobiology of Aging

      February 5, 2025
    • Join the Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine Walk to End Alzheimer's TEAM

      January 27, 2025
    • JOB OPENING: Clin/Tran Research Coord I - Geriatric Psychiatry

      January 10, 2025
    • Investigating Markers of Alzheimer’s in individuals with Down syndrome

      February 9, 2024
    • How to Know if You Have a Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s

      November 15, 2023

    Laboratory of Affective and Cognitive Imaging (LACI)

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    Warren D Taylor, MD, MHSc, James G. Blakemore Professor of Psychiatry, Director of (LACI) lab

    To learn more, visit (LACI) lab

    Recruiting Research Studies

          ADNI 4- The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative study

    TRC-DS Trial-Ready Cohort – Down Syndrome

    Rembrandt - Recurrence Markers, Cognitive Burden, and Neurobiological Homeostasis in Late-Life Depression 

    Depressed MIND 2 - Depressed Mood Improvement Through Nicotine Dosing 2

    D3 - Dopaminergic Dysfunction in Late-Life Depression

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