WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ --
with the latest in brain-imaging equipment will open at the San
Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center in late 2003.
"This new center will enhance the Department of Veterans Affairs
ability
to treat veterans with neurodegenerative diseases," said Deputy
Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Leo S. Mackay Jr. "In addition, its state-of-the-art
equipment will further research into the treatment of neurodegenerative
diseases such as Alzheimer's, epilepsy, Lou Gehrig's disease and
Parkinson's,
as well as Gulf War veterans' illnesses."
A new high-field MRI/MR spectroscopy system will be the centerpiece
of the
center. Three times more powerful than the standard MRI, it will be the
only
high-field system in the world that is focused on neurodegenerative
diseases.
The new center will be a joint program of the San Francisco VA
Medical
Center and the Northern California Institute for Research and Education
(NCIRE).
The medical center has received a $2 million grant from the National
Institutes of Health towards the purchase of the $3.4 million high-field
MRI/MR spectroscopy system. NCIRE will provide the balance of the
funds.
Thomas Berdine
Executive Director
Young Onset Parkinson's Association
www.yopa.org
www.youngparkinsons.com
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