[HTML][HTML] PET neuroimaging of Alzheimer's disease: radiotracers and their utility in clinical research

W Bao, F Xie, C Zuo, Y Guan… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the leading cause of senile dementia, is a progressive
neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions of people worldwide and exerting tremendous …

Imaging of synaptic density in neurodegenerative disorders

RE Carson, M Naganawa, T Toyonaga… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
PET technology has produced many radiopharmaceuticals that target specific brain proteins
and other measures of brain function. Recently, a new approach has emerged to image …

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] Can ketones help rescue brain fuel supply in later life? Implications for cognitive health during aging and the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

SC Cunnane, A Courchesne-Loyer… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
We propose that brain energy deficit is an important pre-symptomatic feature of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) that requires closer attention in the development of AD therapeutics. Our …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A high-glycemic diet is associated with cerebral amyloid burden in cognitively normal older adults

MK Taylor, DK Sullivan, RH Swerdlow… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Little is known about the relation between dietary intake and cerebral amyloid
accumulation in aging. Objective We assessed the association of dietary glycemic measures …

Modifications in resting state functional anticorrelation between default mode network and dorsal attention network: comparison among young adults, healthy elders …

R Esposito, F Cieri, P Chiacchiaretta, N Cera… - Brain imaging and …, 2018 - Springer
Resting state brain activity incorporates different components, including the Default Mode
Network and the Dorsal Attention Network, also known as task-negative network and task …

Neuroimaging of Alzheimer's disease: focus on amyloid and tau PET

H Matsuda, Y Shigemoto, N Sato - Japanese journal of radiology, 2019 - Springer
Although the diagnosis of dementia is still largely a clinical one, based on history and
disease course, neuroimaging has dramatically increased our ability to accurately diagnose …

Clinical validity of brain fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease in the context of a structured 5-phase development …

V Garibotto, K Herholz, M Boccardi, A Picco… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers is supported in diagnostic criteria, but their
maturity for clinical routine is still debated. Here, we evaluate brain fluorodeoxyglucose …

Generation of synthetic PET images of synaptic density and amyloid from 18F‐FDG images using deep learning

R Wang, H Liu, T Toyonaga, L Shi, J Wu… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with various tracers is increasingly
used in Alzheimer's disease (AD) studies. However, access to PET scans using new or less …