Regional tau deposition measured by [18F]THK5317 positron emission tomography is associated to cognition via glucose metabolism in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Saint Aubert, Laure ^a   Almkvist, Ove ^a,b,c   Chiotis, Konstantinos ^a   Almeida, Rita ^a   Wall, Anders ^d,e   Nordberg, Agneta ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Memory; Metabolism; Positron emission tomography (PET); Tau imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TAU PROTEIN; THK5317 F 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS;

EID: 84992759005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17589193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13195-016-0204-z     Document Type: Article

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