There are numerous opportunities at IND for patients to participate in a variety of research studies. During the past year, over 1,000 individuals participated in our research program. While many of these research participants are from New England, nearly half of our participants travel from throughout the United States and Canada to play a part in our research program. This is a very exciting period for medical research with many new therapies having recently been developed and more under development for the treatment of neurological diseases. In particular, we are on the brink of initiating novel clinical studies, which offer the potential to develop mechanisms to slow neurological disease or even restore neurological function. This will be accomplished by combining the evaluation of imaging markers with medication trials.