Welcome to CNDR
The mission of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) is to conduct multidisciplinary clinical and basic research studies to increase understanding of the causes and mechanisms leading to brain dysfunction and degeneration in Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Parkinson's Disease (PD), Frontotemporal Disease (FTD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and other neurodegenerative disorders that occur more frequently with advancing age.
What's New?
- CNDR receives $500,000 gift from Bilger Foundation
to identify new approaches and unique drug targets for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and, through its Drug Discovery Center, translate these research findings into new therapeutic drugs. More information...
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Penn researchers find Lou Gehrig’s Disease protein throughout brain, suggesting effects beyond motor neurons. More information...
Image Credit: Felix Geser and Nick Brandmeir, University of Pennsylvania; Archives of Neurology