Brain imaging: Applications of tau PET imaging

Nat Rev Neurol. 2017 Apr;13(4):197-198. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.38. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

Authors

Nobuyuki Okamura¹, Kazuhiko Yanai²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan.
² Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.

PMID: 28303915
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.38

No abstract available

Publication types

News

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Brain / metabolism
Brain / pathology
Carbolines*
Contrast Media*
Humans
Neuroimaging / trends*
Positron-Emission Tomography / trends*
Tauopathies / diagnostic imaging*
Tauopathies / metabolism
Tauopathies / pathology
tau Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

Carbolines
Contrast Media
tau Proteins
7-(6-fluoropyridin-3-yl)-5H-pyrido(4,3-b)indole