Salinas‐Contreras, Rosa Maria
Mayo Clinic
Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía
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The landscape of dementia research, diagnosis, treatment, and care in Latin America
Suemoto, Claudia K., Custodio, Nilton, Avila‐Funes, José A., Baez, Sandra, Bagnati, Pablo , Barnes, Lisa Laverne, D., Brucki Sonia M., Calandri, Ismael L., Cornejo‐Olivas, Mario, Derio, Carolina Delgado, García, Adolfo M., Grinberg, Lea T., Ibanez, Agustin M., Isasi, Rosario, Josephy‐Hernandez, Sylvia , Porras, Maria Lazo, Llibre‐Guerra, Jorge J., Llibre‐Rodriguez, Juan J., Meza, B. Marcela Mar, Migeot, Joaquin, Miranda, J. Jaime, Miranda‐Castillo, Claudia, Mummery, Catherine J., Parodi, José F., Castro, Natalia Pozo, Contreras, Rosa María Salinas, Slachevsky, Andrea, Souza‐Talarico, Juliana Nery, Takada, Leonel T., Tsoy, Elena, Pilalumbo, Martha Unaucho, Zimmer, Eduardo R., Fontana, Igor C. , Snyder, Heather M. , Carrillo, Marı́a C., Carrillo, María C. , Takada, Leonel Tadao , Custodio, Nilton , Ibáñez, Agustín , Suemoto, Cláudia Kimie , Delgado, Carolina , Mahinrad, Simin , Ibañez, Agustín , Suemoto, Claudia Kimie , Aguilar, Diego, Ávila‐Funes, José Alberto , Báez, Sandra , Barnes, Lisa L. , Brucki, Sônia Maria Dozzi , Caramelli, Paulo , Cornejo-Olivas, Mario , Ferreira, Sérgio T. , García, A.R. , Grinberg, Lea T. , Llibre‐Guerra, Jorge J. , Rodríguez, Juan J. Llibre , Lourenco, Mychael V. , Migeot, Joaquín , Miranda, J. Jaime , Miranda‐Castillo, Claudia , Mummery, Catherine J. , Parodi, Jose Francisco , Salinas‐Contreras, Rosa Maria, Santamaría‐García, Hernando A , Slachevsky, Andrea , Souza‐Talarico, Juliana Nery , Surace, Ezequiel , Tsoy, Elena , Unaucho‐Pilalumbo, Martha , Zimmer, Eduardo Rigon , Mahinrad, Simin
Alzheimer's & Dementia | March 27, 2026 | Volume: 22 | Issue: 3 | Pages: No page available
Abstract Latin America is undergoing rapid population aging alongside a rising burden of dementia. While the region holds substantial potential for dementia risk reduction, challenges remain, such as delayed diagnoses, limited access to specialized care and biomarker testing, persistent stigma, and deep‐rooted structural inequities. To address these gaps and foster regionally informed solutions, the Alzheimer's Association convened the 2025 Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) Satellite Symposium in Lima, Peru, on May 14–15, in collaboration with the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) and the Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health. The meeting aimed to bring core elements of the global AAIC meeting to regional Latin American settings, recognizing that national and cultural contexts demand tailored approaches to dementia prevention, risk reduction, treatment and care all aimed at promoting brain health in the region. This manuscript synthesizes the symposium's key discussions, scientific advances, and opportunities for collaboration across the region.
Friends with benefits: Sharing large‐scale transcontinental brain MRI databases in LatAM‐FINGERS and US POINTER
Landau, Susan , Bérgamo, Yanina , Lovato, Laura, Duque, Lissette, Baieti, Ana Charamelo, Leon‐Salas, Jorge M, Acosta, Daisy M, Velázquez, Ivonne Z. Jiménez, Cusicanqui, María Isabel, Vellila, Lin, Salinas‐Contreras, Rosa Maria, Snyder, Heather M. , LatAm‐FINGERS, US POINTER and, Martin, Maria da Graça Morais , Damián, Andrés , Vemuri, Prashanthi , Suemoto, Cláudia Kimie , Calandri, Ismael Luis , Caramelli, Paulo , Lopera, Francisco Javier , Allegri, Ricardo , Delgado, Carolina , Nitríni, Ricardo , Brucki, Sônia Maria Dozzi , Custodio, Nilton , Jiménez‐Velázquez, Ivonne Z. , Sosa, Ana Luisa , Vellila, Lina Marcela, Espeland, Mark Andrew , Carrillo, María C. , Kivipelto, Miia , Baker, Laura D. , Crivelli, Lucía , LatAm‐FINGERS, US POINTER and
Alzheimer's & Dementia | December 25, 2023 | Volume: 19 | Issue: S17 | Pages: No page available
AbstractBackgroundMulticentric initiatives to study brain cognition in the elderly offers us a unique collection of brain imaging data accompanied by detailed neuroclinical and neuropsychological evaluations. U.S. POINTER and LatAm‐FINGERS, part of the World Wide FINGERS, are both large‐scale investigations of lifestyle interventions and its impact on cognitive function. These large‐scale detailed data may offer an unprecedented opportunity to compare diverse populations.MethodBaseline MRI of subjects from multiple US centers (POINTER‐US), distributed in 5 geographical regions, and from 9 latin‐american countries (LatAm‐FINGERS). The protocols vary from basic (3D T1, 3D FLAIR,T2* GRE, Cor T2 hippocampus, DWI) to advanced which also included ASL, rs‐FMRI and DTI. Demographic information and clinical, cognitive and neuropsychological assessment were also included.ResultMRI data was collected from 662 participants in the United States (about 65% of the total anticipated U.S. POINTER neuroimaging sample) and from 542 subjects from 9 countries in latin‐america (about 80% of the total anticipated LatAm‐FINGERS neuroimaging sample), with around 1200 participants scanned (table1).All participants have 3D T1, 3D FLAIR, T2* GRE images and either DWI or DTI images.Comparative demographics from the 2 datasets shows similar mean age, a predominance of females, and slight differences in education (table 2). This will allow us to compare multiethnic and multicultural volumetric and functional brain MRI information, as well as disease markers, associated with thorough neurological and clinical assessment. Reasons for not acquiring MRI were mainly due to claustrophobia or scanner unavailability.ConclusionThis is an exceptional opportunity to have comparative large‐scale databases, with anatomical and functional brain imaging from different populations, allowing us to study real world diverse brain data and better understand its relationships with demographics, health and risk characteristics, and cognition.