NIMROD (Neuroimaging of Inflammation in MemoRy and Other Disorders)

The NIMROD (Neuroimaging of Inflammation in Memory and Other Disorders) study aims to understand the role of inflammation in several forms of dementia, memory loss and depression (Alzheimer's disease, AD, dementia with Lewy bodies, DLB, progressive supranuclear palsy, PSP, frontotemporal dementia, FTD, late life depression, LLD, vascular dementia, VaD, mild cognitive impairment, MCI). The study has been set up to investigate the extent and pattern of neuroinflammation in these disorders in relation to: key clinical symptoms, including cognitive impairment, peripheral markers of neuroinflammation, including cytokine levels and state-of-the-art immunoprofiling, structural changes on MRI, including atrophy and vascular (white matter lesion) changes, the extent and pattern of brain amyloid deposition as assessed with amyloid PET imaging, the extent and pattern of tau deposition as revealed with PET. A further aim is to investigate if neuroinflammation can predict subsequent clinical course, including cognitive and functional decline.