Research Resources and Consulting | Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center | UC Davis Health

We provide investigators and research groups with data, images, biospecimens, and brain tissue from deeply characterized participants who have been followed longitudinally.

Request Timeline

All requests (e.g., letters of support, data, imaging or biospecimen resources) should be submitted 12 weeks in advance of the investigator's deadline to allow adequate time for review by the ADRC Executive Committee.

How to Request

Submit requests for data directly to our center as well as program wide data through the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC). NACC serves as a repository for data collected at approximately 33 Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRCs) throughout the U.S. NACC maintains a cumulative database including clinical evaluations, neuropathology data when available, and MRI imaging, which is freely available to the research community. Information about the available data can be found on the NACC website under the investigator-researcher link. 

Available Resources

We collect Center-specific data including our research neuropsychological battery (Spanish and English Neuropsychological Scales; SENAS), Everyday Cognition (ECog), life course, personality, and social data, and metrics derived from MRI and PET may be requested for research. Available biospecimens include DNA, plasma, serum, and RNA. Available images include 3D T1, DTI, and amyloid PET.