PET Scans Reveal that Tau Predicts Alzheimer's Disease Progression (IMAGE)

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PET Scans Reveal that Tau Predicts Alzheimer's Disease Progression

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PET imaging shows that tau (top panel) and &beta;-amyloid (bottom panel) in distinct topographies are strongly correlated in Alzheimer's disease. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 11, 2016, issue of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.R. Brier at Washington University in St. Louis in St. Louis, MO, and colleagues was titled, "Tau and A&szlig; imaging, CSF measures, and cognition in Alzheimer's disease."

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M.R. Brier <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)

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