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ArticleAging and disease2021

Interdisciplinary Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Roles International Societies Can Play.

Shawn Zheng Kai Tan, Robert Chunhua Zhao, Sasanka Chakrabarti, Ilia Stambler, Kunlin Jin, Lee Wei Lim

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Article in Aging and disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Prelimbic Cortical Stimulation Improves Spatial Memory Through Distinct Patterns of Hippocampal Gene Expression in Aged Rats.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2020
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6 authors.

Shawn Zheng Kai Tan1Neuromodulation Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Robert Chunhua Zhao2International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Sasanka Chakrabarti2International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Ilia Stambler2International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Kunlin Jin2International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD), Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Lee Wei Lim1Neuromodulation Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An ever-increasing ageing population has elevated Alzheimer's disease to be one of the biggest challenges in modern medicine. Alzheimer's disease is highly complex, and we are still no closer to understanding the causes, let alone an effective treatment. The lack of good experimental models and lack of critical understanding has led to high failure rates of clinical trials with high associated costs, as well as difficulties in implementing treatments. The multifaceted nature of this disease highlights the need for an interdisciplinary approach to address these concerns. In this essay, we suggest how collaborative work can be useful in addressing some of the above issues. We then propose that international organisations and publishers need to support interdisciplinary research by creating platforms, lobbying funders, and pushing for interdisciplinary publications. We further highlight some of the issues involved in implementing these suggestions and argue that willpower of the research community, together with a re-evaluation of evaluation metrics and incentive systems, are needed in order to foster interdisciplinary research. Overall, we emphasise the need for interdisciplinary research in Alzheimer's disease and suggest that international societies should play a huge role in this endeavour.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseinterdisciplinaryinternational societiesresearch

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PMID33532125
PMCPMC7801283

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