Hello neighbors, If you're interested in what high blood pressure might do to the brain, then we're doing a study involving brain imaging, cognitive testing, and biological measures. We are trying to determine if some of mild decreases in mental ability related to hypertension indicate that the brain is an early target of the disease. We need people (men and women between 35 and 60 years of age) whose blood pressure is not yet hypertensive and not low-between 120 and 140 mmHg systolic and/or 80 and 90 mmHg diastolic. If you're interested, we'd love to have you come in so we can check your blood pressure and possibly enroll you in the study. Those with the qualifying blood pressures are retested after two years. We provide $150 after both the initial and follow-up sessions. The study is done at the Oakland campus, Pitt. For more information reply to me or call Kim Novak at 412-246-6200 or e-mail her at novakkj@upmc.edu<mailto:novakkj@upmc.edu> Thanks for any interest, Dick Jennings