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Stemming the Alzheimer tsunami: introduction to the special issue on reserve and resilience in Alzheimer’s disease

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792, USA

    Ozioma C. Okonkwo

  2. Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53792, USA

    Ozioma C. Okonkwo

  3. Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53792, USA

    Ozioma C. Okonkwo

  4. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Prashanthi Vemuri

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Correspondence to Ozioma C. Okonkwo or Prashanthi Vemuri.

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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants K23 AG045957 (OCO), R21 AG051858 (OCO), R00 AG37573 (PV), R01 NS097495 (PV), and P50 AG016574/P1 (PV).

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Ozioma Okonkwo & Prashanthi Vemuri are Guest Editors for the Special Issue on Reserve and Resilience in Alzheimer’s disease.

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Okonkwo, O.C., Vemuri, P. Stemming the Alzheimer tsunami: introduction to the special issue on reserve and resilience in Alzheimer’s disease. Brain Imaging and Behavior 11, 301–303 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-017-9677-z

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