Prospective analysis of the association between estrogen receptor gene variants and the risk of cognitive decline in elderly women

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

The 3C Study is conducted under a partnership agreement between the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicate (Inserm), the Victor Segalen Bordeaux II University and Sanofi-Synthelabo. The Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale funded the preparation and first phase of the study. The 3C Study is also supported by the Caisse Nationale Maladie des Travailleurs Salaries, Direction Generale de la Sante, MGEN, Institut de la Longevite, Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Produits de Sante, the Regional Governments of Aquitaine, Bourgogne and Languedoc-Roussillon and, the Fondation de France, the Ministry of Research-Inserm Programme "Cohorts and collection of biological material". The Lille Genopole received an unconditional grant from Eisai. The Fondation Plan Alzheimer funded the follow-up of the cohort. A part of this project is financed by grants from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (Projects ANR 2007-LVIE-004, 2007-LVIE-005-01 and 06-PNRA-005). Joann Ryan is the holder of an NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship (Overseas Public Health, APP1012735). None of these sponsors had any further involvement in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.