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The National Alzheimer's Project Act, signed into U.S. law in 2011, requires an annually updated “National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease,” organized by goals and corresponding strategies. In response to the goal of identifying research priorities, and in recognition that the plan refers not only to Alzheimer disease but also to related dementias, a group of international experts was convened in 2013 by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and National Institute on Aging. Committees of 8 to 18 members for each of five topic areas met via teleconference, 6 months in advance of a public meeting at which the experts presented a prioritized list of research recommendations and an approximate timeline to completion.
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