Relationship between F-18 florbetapir uptake in occipital lobe and neurocognitive performance in Alzheimer’s disease

• Published in: Japanese journal of radiology Vol. 39; no. 10; pp. 984 - 993
• Main Authors: Thientunyakit, Tanyaluck, Thongpraparn, Thonnapong, Sethanandha, Chakmeedaj, Yamada, Takahiro, Kimura, Yuichi, Muangpaisan, Weerasak, Ishii, Kazunari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.10.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Computed tomography; Cortex (parietal); Fluorine isotopes; Imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurodegenerative diseases; Nuclear Medicine; Occipital lobe; Original Article; Positron emission; Positron emission tomography; Radioisotopes; Radiology; Radiotherapy; Tomography; Occipital; Florbetapir; Alzheimer’s disease; Amyloid PET

Purpose To determine the association between occipital amyloid-PET uptake and neurocognitive performance in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Materials and methods Fifty-eight participants with normal aged, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to AD and AD subjects who underwent F-18 florbetapir brain PET/CT...