NINDS Projects

These are projects operating within NINDS.

The LEFFTDS Project

The LEFFTDS project, or Longitudinal Evaluation of Familial Frontotemporal Dementia Subjects, is a multi-site natural history study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through joint support by NIA and NINDS. A primary goal of this study is to identify the most robust and reliable methods to track disease progression in familial FTD so...

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The NeuroLINCS Project

NeuroLINCS, the Neurological Library of Integrated Network- Based Cellular Signatures, is an NIH-funded collaborative consortium between research groups with expertise in iPSC technology, disease modeling, OMICS methods, and computational biology.  The overall goal is to understand the causes of neurological disorders and to develop novel therapies. The NeuroLINCS study has generated iPSCs derived from participants...

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The PDBP Project

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Parkinson's Disease Biomarkers Program (PDBP) was developed to accelerate the discovery of promising new diagnostic and progression biomarkers for Parkinson's Disease.

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