Brain imaging in Alzheimer disease

KA Johnson, NC Fox… - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Imaging has played a variety of roles in the study of Alzheimer disease (AD) over the past
four decades. Initially, computed tomography (CT) and then magnetic resonance imaging …

Neuroimaging markers for the prediction and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease dementia

M Ewers, RA Sperling, WE Klunk, MW Weiner… - Trends in …, 2011 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive age-related neurodegenerative disease. At the
time of clinical manifestation of dementia, significant irreversible brain damage is already …

Untangling the association of amyloid-β and tau with synaptic and axonal loss in Alzheimer's disease

JB Pereira, S Janelidze, R Ossenkoppele… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It is currently unclear how amyloid-β and tau deposition are linked to changes in synaptic
function and axonal structure over the course of Alzheimer's disease. Here, we assessed …

Assessing synaptic density in Alzheimer disease with synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A positron emission tomographic imaging

MK Chen, AP Mecca, M Naganawa, SJ Finnema… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Synaptic loss is well established as the major structural correlate of cognitive
impairment in Alzheimer disease (AD). The ability to measure synaptic density in vivo could …

[HTML][HTML] In Alzheimer's disease, 6-month treatment with GLP-1 analog prevents decline of brain glucose metabolism: randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind …

M Gejl, A Gjedde, L Egefjord, A Møller… - Frontiers in aging …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In animal models, the incretin hormone GLP-1 affects Alzheimer's disease (AD). We
hypothesized that treatment with GLP-1 or an analogue of GLP-1 would prevent …

Amyloid deposition, hypometabolism, and longitudinal cognitive decline

SM Landau, MA Mintun, AD Joshi… - Annals of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Using data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)
population, we examined (1) cross‐sectional relationships between amyloid deposition …

Comparison of [11C]UCB-J and [18F]FDG PET in Alzheimer's disease: A tracer kinetic modeling study

MK Chen, AP Mecca, M Naganawa… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
[11C] UCB-J PET for synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 A (SV2A) has been proposed as a
suitable marker for synaptic density in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We compared [11C] UCB-J …

Regional dynamics of amyloid-β deposition in healthy elderly, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: a voxelwise PiB–PET longitudinal study

N Villain, G Chételat, B Grassiot, P Bourgeat, G Jones… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Amyloid-β deposition in Alzheimer's disease is thought to start while individuals are still
cognitively unimpaired and it is hypothesized that after an early phase of fast accumulation …

Sensors for positron emission tomography applications

W Jiang, Y Chalich, MJ Deen - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is an essential tool in clinical applications for
the diagnosis of diseases due to its ability to acquire functional images to help differentiate …

18F‐FDG PET for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease dementia and other dementias in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)

M Vacante, C Hyde, S Martin… - Cochrane Database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background ¹⁸F‐FDFG uptake by brain tissue as measured by positron emission
tomography (PET) is a well‐established method for assessment of brain function in people …