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2. Brain positron emission tomography - Wikipedia

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   PET scanning is also used for diagnosis of brain disease, most notably because brain tumors, strokes, and neurondegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease) all cause great changes in brain metabolism, which in turn causes detectable changes in PET scans. PET is probably most useful in early cases of certain ...

3. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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   Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. [2] It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. [2] [15] The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. [1]

4. Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy

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   This is in contrast to Alzheimer's disease pathology, which tends to level off and perhaps decrease in prevalence among persons beyond age 85 years. [1] LATE is often comorbid with (i.e., occurs in the same brain as) other pathologic changes that are also associated with dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular disease(s). [7 ...

5. US removes coverage curb on PET scans for Alzheimer's ... - AOL

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   “Amyloid PET scans are a proven tool and can be an important part of Alzheimer’s diagnosis and treatment,” Maria Carrillo, chief science officer of the Alzheimer’s Association, said in a ...

6. Pittsburgh compound B - Wikipedia

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   11 C-PiB is currently the most studied and used radioligand for PET imaging of cerebral Aβ pathology. [2] This technique has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease research whereby scientists involved in this field are able to perform noninvasive in vivo neuroimaging studies using PET scans in brains of individuals with various degrees of dementia.

7. This Routine Scan Could One Day Detect Alzheimer’s Before ...

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   A 2023 study published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica examined tissue from the brain and retina of 86 individuals and compared samples from donors with normal cognitive function to samples ...