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3. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY



















          • Teaching and mentoring of graduate and PhD        block 4). In this project, it is carried out an annual
            students who collaborate in some research         systematic clinical and neurological evaluation of
            projects                                          the more than one thousand volunteers participa-
          • Communication in scientific forums of research    ting in the study cohort. This information, together
            work carried out in the department.
          • Dissemination to society of the progress of the   with the data from the neuropsychological assess-
            investigation.                                    ment, allows establishing the evolutionary diagnosis
                                                              of each subject and is stored in a large database for
          Main lines of research                              carrying out various research projects.

          The activities of this department focus on the follo-  2. Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center Rese-
          wing main areas:                                    arch Program (CAFRS): it consists on the systematic
                                                              clinical evaluation, every six months, of the patients
          1. The Vallecas Project (due to its size, a complete  who are in the CAFRS, both in internment regime
          section in this report is dedicated to this study, see  (Units of Life) and in day care (Day Center). This eva-


















































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