Pittsburgh compound B (11C-PIB) and fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) PET in patients with Alzheimer disease, mild cognitive impairment, and healthy controls. - AlzForum Alzheimer Research Paper of the Week


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	Devanand DP, Mikhno A, Pelton GH, Cuasay K, Pradhaban G, Dileep Kumar JS, Upton N, Lai R, Gunn RN, Libri V, Liu X, Van Heertum R, Mann JJ, Parsey RV. Pittsburgh compound B (11C-PIB) and fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) PET in patients with Alzheimer disease, mild cognitive impairment, and healthy controls. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2010 Sep;23(3):185-98. PubMed Abstract

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	Comment by: Paul Coleman, ARF Advisor
	Submitted 7 May 2010 \| Permalink	Posted 10 May 2010
	It would be interesting to determine correlations between PIB binding and FDG within each region studied. Assuming that FDG provides a global approximation of synaptic activity, such correlations may provide an indication of the relationship between PIB binding and synaptic activity. View all comments by Paul Coleman

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