Prevent Dementia is a UK and Ireland wide study for people aged 40 – 59.
We use thinking and memory assessments, clinical examinations, MRI brain imaging and genetics to track how the brain changes throughout middle age.
We hope to find ways to predict who is at greatest risk of dementia, so that we can intervene and prevent the disease taking hold.
If you’re thinking of joining our study, thank you!We have five study sites across the UK and Ireland:
Blood pressure readings, an Electrocardiogram (ECG) a tracing of the heart’s activity, a lung function test, blood tests, height and weight monitoring and a physical exam from a doctor.
Blood, urine, saliva and spinal fluid in some participants.
Memory and thinking tasks are completed which aim to identify subtle changes in cognition.
Participants will undergo an MRI scan and will be asked to complete some tasks whilst the scan is being carried out.
These cover areas such as diet, personality, history of brain injury, sleep quality and history of stressful life events.
We follow up our volunteers with the same tests two years later, and hope to track them for many years to come.