Contact: Jim Dryden
jdryden@wustl.edu
314-286-0110
Washington University School of Medicine

Amyloid Deposits in Brain

Caption: The PET image of the brain shows a build up of amyloid deposits (highest amounts in yellow and red) in a patient with Alzheimer's disease.

Credit: Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

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