What Is The URBANE Study For?
Over 70% of American Indians and Alaskan Natives live in urban areas. Yet, studies of Native elders' brain health have primarily focused on rural and reservation settings. Through brain scans and assessment of thinking and memory, the URBANE research study seeks to learn more about urban Native elders' brain health and examine how vascular brain injury, like strokes, may contribute to increased risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.