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June 15, 2021; 96 (24) Article

Mediterranean Diet, Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers, and Brain Atrophy in Old Age

View ORCID ProfileTommaso Ballarini, Debora Melo van Lent, Julia Brunner, Alina Schröder, Steffen Wolfsgruber, Slawek Altenstein, View ORCID ProfileFrederic Brosseron, Katharina Buerger, Peter Dechent, Laura Dobisch, Emrah Düzel, Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Klaus Fliessbach, Silka Dawn Freiesleben, View ORCID ProfileIngo Frommann, Wenzel Glanz, Dietmar Hauser, John Dylan Haynes, Michael T. Heneka, Daniel Janowitz, Ingo Kilimann, Christoph Laske, Franziska Maier, Coraline Danielle Metzger, Matthias H. Munk, View ORCID ProfileRobert Perneczky, Oliver Peters, Josef Priller, View ORCID ProfileAlfredo Ramirez, Boris-Stephan Rauchmann, Nina Roy, View ORCID ProfileKlaus Scheffler, Anja Schneider, Annika Spottke, Eike Jakob Spruth, Stefan J. Teipel, Ruth Vukovich, Jens Wiltfang, Frank Jessen, View ORCID ProfileMichael Wagner, on behalf of the DELCODE Study Group
First published May 5, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000012067
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From the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (T.B., D.M.v.L., J.B., A.Schröder, S.W., F.B., K.F., I.F., M.T.H., N.R., A. Schneider, A. Spottke, F.J., M.W.), Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, Bonn, Germany; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (D.M.v.L.); Department of Neurodegeneration and Geriatric Psychiatry (S.W., F.B., K.F., M.T.H., A. Schneider, M.W.), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (S.A., O.P., J.P., E.J.S.); Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (S.A., J.P., E.J.S.), Charité, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE, Munich) (K.B., R.P.); Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) (K.B.), University Hospital, LMU Munich; MR-Research in Neurology and Psychiatry (P.D.), Georg-August University Göttingen; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (L.D., E.D., W.G., C.D.M.); Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND) (L.D., E.D., C.D.M.), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg; Institute for Clinical Radiology (B.E.-W.), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (S.D.F., D.H., O.P.), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Campus Benjamin Franklin; Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (J.D.H.), Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin; Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) (D.J.), University Hospital, LMU Munich; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (I.K., S.J.T.); Department of Psychosomatic Medicine (I.K., S.J.T.), Rostock University Medical Center; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (C.L., M.H.M.); Section for Dementia Research (C.L., M.H.M.), Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen; Department of Psychiatry (F.M., A.R., F.J.), University of Cologne, Medical Faculty; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (R.P., B.R.), University Hospital, LMU Munich; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (R.P.) Munich, Germany; Ageing Epidemiology Research Unit (AGE) (R.P.), School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Department for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance (K.S.), University of Tübingen; Department of Neurology (A. Spottke), University of Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (R.V., J.W.), University Medical Center Goettingen, University of Goettingen; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (J.W.), Goettingen, Germany; Neurosciences and Signaling Group (J.W.), Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED); Department of Medical Sciences (J.W.), University of Aveiro, Portugal; and Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) (F.J.), University of Cologne, Germany.
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Mediterranean Diet, Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers, and Brain Atrophy in Old Age
Tommaso Ballarini, Debora Melo van Lent, Julia Brunner, Alina Schröder, Steffen Wolfsgruber, Slawek Altenstein, Frederic Brosseron, Katharina Buerger, Peter Dechent, Laura Dobisch, Emrah Düzel, Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Klaus Fliessbach, Silka Dawn Freiesleben, Ingo Frommann, Wenzel Glanz, Dietmar Hauser, John Dylan Haynes, Michael T. Heneka, Daniel Janowitz, Ingo Kilimann, Christoph Laske, Franziska Maier, Coraline Danielle Metzger, Matthias H. Munk, Robert Perneczky, Oliver Peters, Josef Priller, Alfredo Ramirez, Boris-Stephan Rauchmann, Nina Roy, Klaus Scheffler, Anja Schneider, Annika Spottke, Eike Jakob Spruth, Stefan J. Teipel, Ruth Vukovich, Jens Wiltfang, Frank Jessen, Michael Wagner, on behalf of the DELCODE Study Group
Neurology Jun 2021, 96 (24) e2920-e2932; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012067

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    • Tommaso Ballarini, Post doctoral fellow, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, DE
    • Debora Melo van Lent, Post doctoral fellow, Biggs Alzheimer's Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: San Antonio, TX, US
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