Consortium for the study of Lewy Body Disorders A consortium of clinicians and neuropathologists has been formed to investigate Dementia with Lewy bodies. This group met for the first time at an international meeting in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK October 4-7 1995. In addition to this group, other workers in neuroscience centers are also collaborating to investigate this common form of dementia. Dr. Larry Altstiel, Indianapolis USA Dr. Clive Ballard, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr. Catherine Bergeron, Toronto, Canada Prof. Alistair Burns, Manchester, UK Dr. Jane Byrne, Manchester, UK Dr. Jane Carter, London, UK Mr Daniel Collerton, Gateshead, UK Dr. Owen Collins, Newberry, UK Dr. Alans Cress, London, UK Dr. Rob de Vos, Ad Enschede, Netherlands Prof. Dennis Dickson, New York, USA Dr. Lutz Drach, Frankfurt/Main, Germany Dr Sarah Eagger, London, UK Prof. Jim Edwardson, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr M Emre, Basle, Switzerland Dr. Andrew Fairburn, newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr Douglas Galasko, San Diego, USA Dr. Lawrence Hansen, San Diego, USA Dr Charles Harrington, Cambridge, UK Dr Jane Havercroft, London, UK Dr. Paul Ince, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr. Ernsy Jansen, Enschede, Netherlands Dr Evelyn Jaros, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Prof. Kurt Jellinger, Vienna, Austria Prof. Amos Korczyn, Tel Aviv, Israel Prof. Kenji Kosaka, Yokahama, Japan Dr Shigeki, Kuzahara, Mei-ken, Japan Dr. Florence Levert, Lille, France Dr. Chong Lee, Vancouver, Canada Dr. Graham Lennox, Nottingham, UK Dr. Paolo Libertini, Brescia, Italy Dr. Simon Lovestone, London, UK Dr. Jim Lowe, Nottingham, UK Dr. Elizabeth Marshall, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Prof. Richard Mayeux, New York, USA Prof Ian McKeith, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr. Rupert McShane, Oxford, UK Prof. Bruce Miller, Torrance CA, USA Dr John OBrien, Newcastle upon Tyne Dr Alun Owen, London, UK Prof Elaine Perry, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr. Robert Perry, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Mrs Margaret Piggott, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr. Niall Quinn, London, UK Prof. Harvey Sagar, Sheffield, UK Dr. Arun Sahgal, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr. Tsunao Saitoh, La Jolla CA, USA Prof. David Salmon, La Jolla CA, USA Dr. DJS Sirinathsinghji, Harlow, UK Dr. Peter Thompson, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr. Nora Turjanski, London, UK Dr. Joanna Ward, London, UK Prof. Gordon Wilcock, Bristol, UK The second meeting of the consortium was held at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 1998.