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  1. Associations between different tau-PET patterns and longitudinal atrophy in the Alzheimer's disease continuum: biological and methodological perspectives from disease heterogeneity 2023-02-22
  2. Glucose metabolism in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease: Methodological and physiological considerations for PET studies 2013-08-01

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2013 to 2023

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  • Alzheimer's research & therapy 1
  • Clinical and translational imaging 1

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  1. Associations between different tau-PET patterns and longitudinal atrophy in the Alzheimer's disease continuum: biological and methodological perspectives from disease heterogeneity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2023-02-22 Brain scans and imaging

    The site and rate of atrophy are different across the tau-PET patterns.

  2. Glucose metabolism in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease: Methodological and physiological considerations for PET studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Clinical and translational imaging 2013-08-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-dependent neurodegenerative disorder associated with progressive loss of cognitive function. 2-[ 18 F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has long been used to measure resting-state cerebral metabolic rates of glucose, a proxy for neuronal activity.

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