The NIH has awarded researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign more than $420,000 to develop ultrasound imaging methods to study neurovascular changes underlying Alzheimer’s disease.
According to a university press release, the 2-year, $421,500 grant will fund exploratory and early-stage research at the Beckman Institute, an interdisciplinary facility that fosters scientific advances and faculty collaboration.
“The issue is that there are currently no tools, specifically imaging tools and small animal models, to help study [the relationship between Alzheimer’s