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Progress Report on Alzheimer Disease

Publish date: September 1, 2007
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The National Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center has published the “2005–2006 Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease: Journey to Discovery.” The 64-page report, which describes advances in discovering the causes and processes of cognitive decline, is available free from the ADEAR Center at 800-438-4380 and can be previewed online at www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/ADProgress2005_2006

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