PET scanning of brain tau in retired national football league players: Preliminary findings

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-144

  Small, Gary W ^a,c   Kepe, Vladimir ^b   Siddarth, Prabha ^a,c   Ercoli, Linda M ^a,c   Merrill, David A ^a,c   Donoghue, Natacha ^a   Bookheimer, Susan Y ^a,b,c   Martinez, Jacqueline ^a   Omalu, Bennet ^d   Bailes, Julian ^e   Barrio, Jorge R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Dementia; Depression; FDDNP; Mild cognitive impairment; Mood disorder; Positron emission tomography; Tau

Indexed keywords

2 [1 [6 [(2 [F-18]FLUOROETHYL)(METHYL)AMINO] 2 NAPHTHYL]ETHYLIDENE]MALONONITRILE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUTAMEN; RETIREMENT; SPORTING EVENT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84875442334     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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