Vallecas Project

Principal Investigators

Pascual Sanchez-Juan
Fundación CIEN, Madrid, Spain
Email: psanchezjuan@fundacioncien.es

Summary

Setting: Madrid, Spain
Start Date: 2011
End Date: -
Participants: 1169 adults aged 70-85 years at baseline
Assessment Schedule: Baseline (2011-2013); annual follow-ups
Measures: (1) Sociodemographic assessment (2) Vial signs and morphometry; (3) Medical and neurological assessment; (4) Neuropsychological test battery; (5) Laboratory tests; (6) Neuroimaging

Further Information

  • Olazarán J, Valentí M, Frades B, Zea-Sevilla MA, Ávila-Villanueva M, Fernández-Blázquez MÁ, Calero M, Dobato JL, Hernández-Tamames JA, León-Salas B, Agüera-Ortiz L, López-Álvarez J, Larrañaga P, Bielza C, Álvarez-Linera J and Martínez-Martín P (2015) The Vallecas Project: a cohort to identify early markers and mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease. Front. Aging Neurosci. 7:181. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00181