2023
Association of Novelty-Related Locus Coeruleus Function With Entorhinal Tau Deposition and Memory Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease
Prokopiou P, Engels-Domínguez N, Schultz A, Sepulcre J, Koops E, Papp K, Marshall G, Normandin M, El Fakhri G, Rentz D, Sperling R, Johnson K, Jacobs H. Association of Novelty-Related Locus Coeruleus Function With Entorhinal Tau Deposition and Memory Decline in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease. Neurology 2023, 101: e1206-e1217. PMID: 37491329, PMCID: PMC10516269, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLC activityMemory declineLocus coeruleusCognitive declineEC tauHarvard Aging Brain StudyHuman neuroimaging studiesSteeper memory declineNoradrenergic brainstem nucleiLongitudinal cognitive dataFunctional MRI dataTau depositionAging Brain StudyPreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseTau progressionCortical tau depositionElevated beta-amyloidInterventions promoting resilienceMild cognitive impairmentExecutive dysfunctionExecutive functionNeuroimaging studiesTau spreadingTemporal cortexCognitive composite
2016
Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of the Tau PET Radiotracer 18F-T807 (18F-AV-1451) in Human Subjects
Wooten D, Guehl N, Verwer E, Shoup T, Yokell D, Zubcevik N, Vasdev N, Zafonte R, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Normandin M. Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of the Tau PET Radiotracer 18F-T807 (18F-AV-1451) in Human Subjects. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2016, 58: 484-491. PMID: 27660144, PMCID: PMC5334185, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.170910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistribution volume ratioTraumatic brain injuryMetabolite-corrected arterial input functionPET imagingPlasma radioactivity concentrationsTemporal cortexDynamic PET imagesTotal volume of distributionVolume of distributionTraumatic brain injury subjectsMesial temporal cortexArterial blood samplesPosterior cingulate gyrusFocal uptakeSUV ratioHuman subjectsArterial input functionPosterior corpus callosumBolus injectionPharmacokinetic evaluation