CAROLI , Anna

This project aimed to investigate the metabolic basis for resilience to neurodegeneration (cognitive reserve) in highly educated patients with prodromal Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS: Sixty-four patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment who later converted to AD dementia during follow-up, and 90 controls, underwent brain 18F-FDG PET....

Despite brain perfusion SPECT with technetium radiopharmaceuticals has not been formally included among the biomarkers for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), its worldwide availability and the large literature evidence in AD and related disorders still make of it a valid alternative to FDG-PET, wherever the latter is unavailable....

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