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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 1, 2016) —The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) has been awarded an $8.25 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue and further research and clinical initiatives geared toward treating Alzheimer's disease.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2016) –  Because Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, many people use the two terms interchangeably. But inadequate blood flow to the brain due to microinfarcts, mini-strokes, or strokes is a hallmark of a disease called Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID). VCID is the second most common cause of dementia, and the two are not mutually exclusive – researchers estimate that 40-60% of Alzheimer’s disease patients also have VCID.

The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will hold the 9th Annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia on Wednesday, Nov. 6.  The scientific session opens with check-in and registration at 8:15 am in Karpf Auditorium, Pavilion A, UK Chandler Hospital 1000 S. Limestone. Speaker presentations begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at noon.

Judged poster session and boxed lunch will be held from 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. in the atrium of the Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building (BBSRB) 741 S. Limestone.