Molecular imaging in Alzheimer's disease

European Neurological Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Herholz, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18f 2 fluoro 2 deoxy d glucose (FDG); Acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease (AD); Amyloid; Dementia; Dopamine; Microglia; Positron emission tomography (PET); Serotonin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858232365     PISSN: 17583837     EISSN: 17583845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17925/ENR.2011.06.01.16     Document Type: Article

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