Biomarkers are playing a progressively leading role in both clinical practice and scientific
research in dementia. Although amyloid and tau biomarkers have gained ground in the …

Neuroimaging can provide significant benefits in evaluating patients with movement
disorders associated with drugs. This literature review describes neuroimaging techniques …

Background. Evidence remains mixed as to the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treating mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in patients with …

Background Parkinson's disease is generally asymptomatic at earlier stages. At an early
stage, there is an extensive progression in the neuropathological hallmarks, although, at this …

Purpose: The use of radiation, especially ionizing radiation (IR), is currently attracting great
attention in the field of medical sciences. However, it should be mentioned that IR has both …

Objective (s): 99m Tc-TRODAT-1, which binds to the dopamine transporter, could be used to
image the dopaminergic system in diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). PD can be …

Background: Molecular imaging has proven to be a powerful tool to elucidate degenerated
paths in a wide variety of neurological diseases and has not been systematically studied in …

Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the utility of presynaptic dopaminergic imaging
using 99m Tc-TRODAT-1 SPECT/CT and 18 F-FDOPA PET/CT and compare their …

During past 3 decades, nuclear medicine has flourished as vibrant and independent
medical specialty in Iran. Since that time, more than 200 nuclear physicians have been …

With respect to the main role of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques as one of the pathological hallmarks
in the brain of Alzheimer's patients, the development of new imaging probes for targeted …