The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) unites researchers aiming to understand autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease (ADAD). By longitudinally monitoring families worldwide, the DIAN Observational Study maintains an unprecedented resource of deeply phenotyped, freely available neuroimaging data on individuals with ADAD and their healthy relatives.
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Bateman, R. J. et al. Clinical and biomarker changes in dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease. N. Engl. J. Med. 367, 795–804 (2012). An article using PET and MRI data from the DIAN-OBS to cross-sectionally establish the timing and order of pathophysiological changes prior to clinical symptom onset.
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This is a summary of: McKay, N. S. et al. Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging methods and datasets within the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN). Nat. Neurosci. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01359-8 (2023).
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The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network: A neuroimaging resource. Nat Neurosci 26, 1326–1327 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01360-1
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