DementiaRoadmap Wales

The Dementia Research Centre, based at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, is one of the UK’s leading centres for clinical research into dementia.

Find out more about Dementia Research Centre:

• Research
• Clinical Services
• Support Groups
• People

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery is the lead centre for trialling new drugs to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (which causes the majority of dementia). Over 4,000 patients, with their carers, have already participated in studies and the DRC has made some breakthrough progress – including:

• Collaborative work which led to identifying the first Alzheimer’s disease gene
• Identifying pre-symptomatic cognitive and imaging changes in Alzheimer’s
• Pioneering magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to improve diagnosis and track progression of Alzheimer’s disease