Characterization of PiB binding to white matter in Alzheimer disease and other dementias

MT Fodero-Tavoletti, CC Rowe… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
11C-Pittsburgh Compound B (11C-PiB) PET has demonstrated significantly higher PiB
retention in the gray matter of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients than in healthy controls …

Imaging β-amyloid burden in aging and dementia

CC Rowe, S Ng, U Ackermann, SJ Gong, K Pike… - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare brain β-amyloid (Aβ) burden measured with [11C] Pittsburgh
Compound B (PIB) PET in normal aging, Alzheimer disease (AD), and other dementias …

[11C] PIB binding in Parkinson's disease dementia

W Maetzler, M Reimold, I Liepelt, C Solbach, T Leyhe… - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
[11C] PIB (11C-6-OH benzothiazole) reflects the regional distribution of amyloid (beta-
sheeted proteins) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Proteinaceous inclusions in …

A distinct subfraction of Aβ is responsible for the high‐affinity Pittsburgh compound B‐binding site in Alzheimer's disease brain

SV Matveev, HP Spielmann, BM Metts… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The positron emission tomography (PET) ligand 11C‐labeled Pittsburgh compound B (PIB)
is used to image β‐amyloid (Aβ) deposits in the brains of living subjects with the intent of …

11C-PIB PET imaging in Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration

GD Rabinovici, AJ Furst, JP O'neil, CA Racine… - Neurology, 2007 - AAN Enterprises
Background: The PET tracer 11C-labeled Pittsburgh Compound-B (11C-PIB) specifically
binds fibrillar amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and can be detected in Alzheimer disease (AD). We …

Detection of Alzheimer pathology in vivo using both 11C-PIB and 18F-FDDNP PET

N Tolboom, M Yaqub, WM Van Der Flier… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
11C-Pittsburgh Compound-B (11C-PIB) and 18F-(2-(1-{6-[(2-[18F] fluoroethyl)(methyl)
amino]-2-naphthyl} ethylidene)(18F-FDDNP) have been developed as PET tracers for in …

Deficient high-affinity binding of Pittsburgh compound B in a case of Alzheimer's disease

RF Rosen, BJ Ciliax, TS Wingo, M Gearing… - Acta …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Radiolabeled Pittsburgh compound B (PIB) is a benzothiazole imaging agent that
usually binds with high affinity, specificity, and stoichiometry to cerebral β-amyloid (Aβ) in …

Post-mortem correlates of in vivo PiB-PET amyloid imaging in a typical case of Alzheimer's disease

MD Ikonomovic, WE Klunk, EE Abrahamson, CA Mathis… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer Pittsburgh Compound-B (PiB) binds
with high affinity to β-pleated sheet aggregates of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide in vitro. The in …

Clinical severity of Alzheimer's disease is associated with PIB uptake in PET

T Grimmer, G Henriksen, HJ Wester, H Förstl… - Neurobiology of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The positron emission tomography (PET) tracer [11C]-Pittsburgh
Compound-B ([11C] PIB) allows the in vivo assessment of amyloid plaque burden in the …

Evaluating atypical dementia syndromes using positron emission tomography with carbon 11–labeled Pittsburgh compound B

SY Ng, VL Villemagne, CL Masters… - Archives of …, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Context A progressive decline in episodic memory affecting activities of daily living is the
usual clinical presentation of Alzheimer disease. However, patients presenting with atypical …