The Stall Catchers project is designed by researchers at Cornell University to advance Alzheimer’s solutions. This project focuses on one aspect of the disease: reduced blood flow in the brain. This symptom of Alzheimer’s has been known about for years, but, until now, nobody knew why reduced blood flow happens in the brain. Researchers are now finding a connection between blood flow and memory. We need your help for researchers to understand this relationship further.
To begin, go here and click on “Join now” to register for an account. After registering, watch the tutorial video and start testing your ability to recognize stalled blood flow. These brief ultrasound videos show blood moving through the brain of a mouse with Alzheimer’s. An orange circle will highlight the area to observe. See a stall in a blood vessel? Click the “Stalled” button, and then click where you see the stall is. If blood appears to be moving freely through the vessel, click the “Flowing” button. Once the system feels you’re ready, you will be shown videos to observe. Play for as long or little as you can! And don’t worry about classifying stalls incorrectly - the system accounts for that through leveraging the power of the crowd. Check the leaderboard to see how your contributions rank compared to other Stall Catchers. Remember that these collective contributions are speeding up data processing that would otherwise take decades - every little bit helps.
