Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s Disease

Benzodiazepine Use Attenuates Cortical Beta-Amyloid and is Not Associated with Progressive Cognitive Decline in Non-Demented Elderly Adults: A Pilot Study Using F18 -Florbetapir Positron Emission Tomography

Jun Ku Chung1,2, Shinichiro Nakajima2,3,4,5, Shunichiro Shinagawa6, Eric Plitman1,2, M. Mallar Chakravarty7,8, Yusuke Iwata2,4, Fernando Caravaggio1,2, Bruce G. Pollock1,3,5, Philip Gerretsen2,3,5, Ariel Graff-Guerrero1,2,3,5. Benzodiazepine Use Attenuates Cortical Beta-Amyloid and is Not Associated with Progressive Cognitive Decline in Non-Demented Elderly Adults: A Pilot Study Using F18 -Florbetapir Positron Emission Tomography. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry….

Influence of microglial activation on neuronal function in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease dementia

Fan Z, Aman Y, Ahmed I, Chetelat G, Brigitte L, Ray Chaudhuri K, Brooks DJ, Edison P. Influence of microglial activation on neuronal function in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease dementia. Alzheimers Dement. September 2014. Publication Date September 2014 How Analyze was Used “We sampled cortical regions of interest of [11C](R)PK11195 BP, rCMRGlc, and [11C]PIB RATIO…

Association of homocysteine with hippocampal volume independent of cerebral amyloid and vascular burden

Choe YM, Sohn BK, Choi HJ, Byun MS, Seo EH, Han JY, Kim YK, Yoon EJ, Lee JM, Park J, Woo JI, Lee DY. Association of homocysteine with hippocampal volume independent of cerebral amyloid and vascular burden. Neurobiol Aging. July 2014;35(7):1519-1525. Publication Date July 2014 How Analyze was Used “The anatomic boundaries of hippocampus were…

Association of SORL1 gene variants with hippocampal and cerebral atrophy and Alzheimer’s disease

Assareh AA, Piguet O, Lye TC, Mather KA, Broe GA, Schofield PR, Sachdev PS, Kwok JB. Association of SORL1 gene variants with hippocampal and cerebral atrophy and Alzheimer’s disease. Curr Alzheimer Res. July 2014;11(6):558-563. Publication Date July 2014 How Analyze was Used “The volumetric measurements were performed using the ANALYZE PC AVW version 3.0 software…