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The first lady of lint
86-year-old alumna found fame with a fuzzy artistic vision
School spirit
Nursing faculty, staff and students celebrate program’s elevated status
Alzheimer’s research ramps up
UCI MIND takes multipronged approach to finding preventions, cures in effort to avert baby-boom crisis
Alzheimer’s: It’s Not What You Think
Claudia Kawas turns the study of the disease on its head, leading other researchers to change their assumptions
Music vs. Alzheimer’s
Favorite songs from a person’s past can ease depression, agitation and other symptoms of dementia, says a UCI researcher who donates iPods to nursing homes
Body’s immune system may play larger role in Alzheimer’s disease than thought
UCI mouse study finds dramatic increase in brain plaques when key cells are lacking
Playing 3-D video games can boost memory formation, UCI study finds
Results suggest novel approaches to maintaining cognition as we age
UCI part of US effort to find Alzheimer’s biomarkers in people with Down syndrome
National Institute on Aging grants $4.7 million to Dr. Ira Lott’s research team
UCI MIND redesignated as Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
UC Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders has received a five-year, $11 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to renew its status as one of only 27 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers in the nation – and the only one in Orange County.