Revised 23 June 2005

How to Cite Content from the Alzheimer Research Forum

We suggest the following citation formats for content on the Alzheimer Research Forum, based on the AMA Manual of Style, published by the American Medical Association.

In general, content published in a web site is cited using the following style:

The name of the author, the name of the webpage, the name of the entire website, the full date of the page (if available), and the date of access*.

*The date of access should reflect the date when author examine and quote the data from source.

For various reasons, content in a web site might change after it has been published, and a note to the date of access will provide a point of reference. Except for copyediting errors, the Alzforum does not alter published news articles and comments. The Alzforum site generally provides a section heading, usually in a colored horizontal bar, and a title for each content page.

Below are examples of how to cite:

AlzGene

Bertram L, McQueen M, Mullin K, Blacker D, Tanzi R. The AlzGene Database. Alzheimer Research Forum. Available at: http://www.alzgene.org. Accessed [date of access]*.

A News Article

Gabrielle Strobel. A Virtual Toast to Thal, Nitsch, and Stanley on Their Awards. Alzheimer Research Forum. March 9, 2004. Available at: http://www.alzforum.org/new/detail.asp?id=979. Accessed March 11, 2004.

A Live Discussions Transcript

Memantine: Implications for Treating Alzheimer's. Alzheimer Research Forum. March 2, 2004. Available at: http://www.alzforum.org/res/for/journal/dekosky/dekosky_transcript.asp. Accessed March 11, 2004.

A Comment to a Paper

Comment by Chris Link on: Magrané J, Smith RC, Walsh K, Querfurth HW. Heat shock protein 70 participates in the neuroprotective response to intracellularly expressed beta-amyloid in neurons. J Neurosci. 2004 Feb 18 ; 24(7):1700-6. Alzheimer Research Forum. March 2, 2004. Available at: http://www.alzforum.org/pap/annotation.asp?powID=34662. Accessed March 11, 2004.

Comment by Jie Shen on: Tom Fagan. Better Model Links Polyglutamine Disease to Growth Factor VEGF. Alzheimer Research Forum. March 9, 2004. Available at: http://www.alzforum.org/new/detail.asp?id=975. Accessed March 11, 2004.