[18F]THK-5117 PET for assessing neurofibrillary pathology in Alzheimer’s disease

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1052-1061

  Harada, Ryuichi ^a   Okamura, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Furumoto, Shozo ^a   Furukawa, Katsutoshi ^a   Ishiki, Aiko ^a   Tomita, Naoki ^a   Hiraoka, Kotaro ^a   Watanuki, Shoichi ^a   Shidahara, Miho ^a,b   Miyake, Masayasu ^a   Ishikawa, Yoichi ^a   Matsuda, Rin ^a   Inami, Akie ^a   Yoshikawa, Takeo ^b   Tago, Tetsuro ^a   Funaki, Yoshihito ^a   Iwata, Ren ^a   Tashiro, Manabu ^a   Yanai, Kazuhiko ^b   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kudo, Yukitsuka ^a   more..

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Imaging; Neurofibrillary tangles; PET; Tau; 18F THK 5117

Indexed keywords

6-((3-FLUORO-2-HYDROXY)PROPOXY)-2-(4-METHYLAMINOPHENYL)QUINOLINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; N-METHYL-2-(4'-METHYLAMINOPHENYL)-6-HYDROXYBENZOTHIAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THK5105;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUINOLINES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84938996337     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3035-4     Document Type: Article

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