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Alzheimer Disease
Recent findings in Alzheimer disease described by J. Shin and colleagues
December 28th, 2008
According to a study from South Korea, "Recently developed positron emission tomography (PET) tracers, such as PIB and FDDNP, help to visualize amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in living subjects. FDDNP binds to both amyloid plaques and tangles, whereas PlB selectively labels amyloid plaques." "Therefore, it will be interesting to see a direct comparison of the regional binding of the two radiotracers for plaques (PIB) and plaques and tangles (FDDNP) using multitracer PET imaging for both PIB and FDDNP in the same subjects with and without Alzheimer's disease. Here we report that multitracer PET images of PIB and FDDNP in the same Alzheimer subjects show...
Source: Aging & Elder Health Week (2008-12-28)
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