is the amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaque, which could not be detected during life until recently. Advances have permitted its detection in cerebrospinal fluid and with positron emission tomography (PET ...

"Amyloid PET scans tell us if someone has accumulated the toxic protein Amyloid-Beta that is associated with Alzheimer's disease, whereas FDG-PET scans measure glucose in the brain, revealing how ...

(HealthDay News) — Appropriate use criteria (AUC) for the use of amyloid and tau positron emission tomography (PET) have been issued by the Alzheimer’s Association and the Society for Nuclear Medicine ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test developed at the ...

Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, formed by the accumulation of tau protein into ...

Researchers say CSF biomarker test correlates with the severity of cognitive decline, independent of other factors, including brain amyloid deposition.

This study adds to the growing evidence that Alzheimer’s disease may start long before traditional symptoms appear. The fact ...

advanced coverage for beta-amyloid PET imaging by removing coverage with evidence development (CED), allowing Medicare to cover amyloid PET scans outside of a research protocol. Change begins with ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Although the prevalence of AD increases with age, studies have indicated that a number of elderly patients have AD ...

A new biomarker test identifies very early stages of tau tangle formation, up to a decade before any tau clumps can show up ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine can detect small amounts of the ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test can detect small amounts of the clumping-prone tau protein and its misfolded pathological forms ...