Blood pressure is associated with higher brain amyloid burden and lower glucose metabolism in healthy late middle-age persons - Langbaum, Jessica B.S.; Chen, Kewei; Launer, Lenore J.; Fleisher, Adam S.; Lee, Wendy; Liu, Xiaofen; Protas, Hillary D.; Reeder, Stephanie A.; Bandy, Daniel; Yu, Meixiang; Caselli, Richard J.; Reiman, Eric M. (Neurobiology of aging, 2012)
Keywords: Age Factors; Aged; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Amyloid beta-Peptides - metabolism; Aniline Compounds - metabolism; APOE; Apolipoprotein E4 - genetics; Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - genetics; Blood Pressure - physiology; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - metabolism; Brain imaging; Brain Mapping; Female; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 - metabolism; Glucose - metabolism; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Middle Aged; Neurology; PET; PiB; Pittsburgh Compound-B; Positron-Emission Tomography; Thiazoles - metabolism; Brain imaging; Arterial stiffness; PiB; Pittsburgh Compound-B; Blood pressure; Amyloid; APOE; Alzheimer's disease; PET