2018
Assessing Synaptic Density in Alzheimer Disease With Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging
Chen MK, Mecca AP, Naganawa M, Finnema SJ, Toyonaga T, Lin SF, Najafzadeh S, Ropchan J, Lu Y, McDonald JW, Michalak HR, Nabulsi NB, Arnsten AFT, Huang Y, Carson RE, van Dyck CH. Assessing Synaptic Density in Alzheimer Disease With Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging. JAMA Neurology 2018, 75: 1215-1224. PMID: 30014145, PMCID: PMC6233853, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.1836.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographic imagingSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2ASynaptic densityAlzheimer's diseaseEmission tomographic imagingHigh-resolution PET scanningPET scanningCognitive impairmentDisease-modifying therapiesDisease-modifying treatmentsNormal participantsCross-sectional studyPittsburgh compound BMajor structural correlateAmnestic mild cognitive impairmentMagnetic resonance imagingMild cognitive impairmentJ PET imagingRestoration of synapsesSpecific bindingNeurologic evaluationSynaptic lossDisease stagePostmortem studiesOutcome measures
2017
Anti-Amyloid-β Monoclonal Antibodies for Alzheimer’s Disease: Pitfalls and Promise
van Dyck CH. Anti-Amyloid-β Monoclonal Antibodies for Alzheimer’s Disease: Pitfalls and Promise. Biological Psychiatry 2017, 83: 311-319. PMID: 28967385, PMCID: PMC5767539, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseAmyloid-related imaging abnormalitiesPutative disease-modifying treatmentsMonoclonal antibodiesOngoing prevention trialsDisease-modifying treatmentsPresymptomatic Alzheimer's diseaseImaging abnormalitiesPrevention trialsClinical efficacyPassive immunizationClinical trialsTherapeutic approachesDisease processPreclinical stageAβ-MAbNew trialsDiseaseAdditional studiesTrialsBest treatmentMAbsTreatmentAntibodiesConformation of Aβ