Tau PET imaging in neurodegenerative tauopathies—still a challenge

A Leuzy, K Chiotis, L Lemoine, PG Gillberg… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
The accumulation of pathological misfolded tau is a feature common to a collective of
neurodegenerative disorders known as tauopathies, of which Alzheimer's disease (AD) is …

Imaging tau and amyloid-β proteinopathies in Alzheimer disease and other conditions

VL Villemagne, V Doré, SC Burnham… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Most neurodegenerative disorders are associated with aggregated protein deposits. In the
case of Alzheimer disease (AD), extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregates and intracellular …

Longitudinal tau PET in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

CR Jack Jr, HJ Wiste, CG Schwarz, VJ Lowe… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract See Hansson and Mormino (doi: 10.1093/brain/awy065) for a scientific commentary
on this article. Our objective was to compare different whole-brain and region-specific …

Patient-centered connectivity-based prediction of tau pathology spread in Alzheimer's disease

N Franzmeier, A Dewenter, L Frontzkowski… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the Braak staging scheme suggests a stereotypical tau
spreading pattern that does, however, not capture interindividual variability in tau deposition …

Staging of Alzheimer's disease: past, present, and future perspectives

J Therriault, ER Zimmer, AL Benedet… - Trends in molecular …, 2022 - cell.com
For many years Alzheimer's disease (AD) was associated with the dementia stage of the
disease, the tail end of a pathophysiological process that lasts approximately two decades …

Questions concerning the role of amyloid-β in the definition, aetiology and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

GP Morris, IA Clark, B Vissel - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
The dominant hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) aetiology, the neuropathological
guidelines for diagnosing AD and the majority of high-profile therapeutic efforts, in both …

The bivariate distribution of amyloid-β and tau: relationship with established neurocognitive clinical syndromes

CR Jack Jr, HJ Wiste, H Botha, SD Weigand… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Large phenotypically diverse research cohorts with both amyloid and tau PET have only
recently come into existence. Our objective was to determine relationships between the …

Microglial activation and tau burden predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

M Malpetti, RA Kievit, L Passamonti, PS Jones… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Tau pathology, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration are key aspects of Alzheimer's
disease. Understanding whether these features predict cognitive decline, alone or in …

Axonal degeneration during aging and its functional role in neurodegenerative disorders

N Salvadores, M Sanhueza, P Manque… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Aging constitutes the main risk factor for the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
This represents a major health issue worldwide that is only expected to escalate due to the …

Neuroimaging and machine learning for dementia diagnosis: recent advancements and future prospects

MR Ahmed, Y Zhang, Z Feng, B Lo… - IEEE reviews in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dementia, a chronic and progressive cognitive declination of brain function caused by
disease or impairment, is becoming more prevalent due to the aging population. A major …