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Seeing what Alzheimer saw

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The ability to visualize brain pathology in living individuals with Alzheimer disease could change how the disease is diagnosed and drugs to treat it tested. A recently developed positron emission tomography tracer helps to image fibrillar amyloid-β and neurofibrillary tangles and brings us closer to this goal.

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Figure 1: Three generations of PET studies in Alzheimer disease.

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  1. L. Mosconi is at the Center for Brain Health at the New York University School of Medicine, 560 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA.

  2. J. Logan is at the Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, New York 11973 USA.

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  1. M.J. de Leon is at the Center for Brain Health at the New York University School of Medicine, 560 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA. mony.deleon@med.nyu.edu,

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de Leon, M., Mosconi, L. & Logan, J. Seeing what Alzheimer saw. Nat Med 13, 129–131 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0207-129

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