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New scanning technology may diagnosis early Alzheimer's
William Atkins
Friday, 12 February 2010 03:12
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U.S. medical researchers state they have developed a new neuroimaging technique called PIB-PET, which they say could detect the early onset of Alzheimer's disease in living humans.Behavioral neurologist Gil D. Rabinovici (University of California, San Francisco) and neuroscientist William J. Jagust (University of California, Berkeley) are the two researchers involved in the research that was published in the journal Behavioral Neurology.
Rabinovici and Jagust used Pittsburgh Compound-B (PIB) Positron Emission Tomogaphy (PET), or PIB-PET, to image the accumulation of amyloid-beta (A6) protein plaque in the brain.
These plagues are thought to be key elements in the development of Alzheimer's disease in humans.
The Pittsburgh compound B (PIB) compound is a fluoresent analog of thioflavin T, which is used to image beta-amyloid plaques.
During their research, Drs. Rabinovici and Jagust imaged the brains of volunteer subjects.
The PIB compound binds to A-protein, which allows for the mapping of the brains of humans.
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