Molecular PET Imaging of Acetylcholine Esterase, Histamine H1 Receptor and Amyloid Deposits in Alzheimer Disease

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 2181-2183

  Okamura, Nobuyuki ^a   Yanai, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease; amyloid; histamine; positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AMYLOID; HISTAMINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEPOSITION; ESTERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 84891934762     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92841-6_545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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