PET-based model may help stage Alzheimer's disease patients - AuntMinnie

Researchers have developed a new model for diagnosing the severity of Alzheimer's disease in patients based largely on the spatial topography of brain PET imaging, according to a study published April 25 in <em>Nature Aging</em>.

An international group led by Canadian researchers applied topographical data from tau PET scans to an anatomical framework called Braak staging in a group of patients with Alzheimer's disease. They … [+4198 chars]

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