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Identification and characterization of occipital-predominant signal on amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) in large cohorts of older participants

Renaud La Joie - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Open     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline and accumulation of amyloid-β protein in the brain. Amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) enables visualization of amyloid deposition in vivo and can be used to determine the presence of amyloid plaques, supporting the diagnosis of AD. In...

 Biological & Health Sciences

Robust measures of cavum septum pellucidum in older veterans with cognitive impairment as a metric for repetitive head injuries on brain magnetic resonance imaging

Renaud La Joie - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Open     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and exposure to repetitive head impacts (RHI) are common among military veterans and have been linked to an increased risk of cognitive impairment, psychiatric symptoms, and potentially neurodegenerative diseases later in life. Although not all individuals who are exposed to TBI or RHI experience long-term...

 Biological & Health Sciences

Characterizing amyloid pathology using PET in a large, diverse real-world Alzheimer’s disease neuroimaging cohort

Renaud La Joie - Professor, UC San Francisco

Status: Open     Weekly Hours: to be negotiated     Location: Off Campus

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of abnormal proteins in the brain, including beta-amyloid (Aβ) pathology. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging allows us to visualize and measure Aβ pathology in living people. The FDA approval of three Aβ-PET radiotracers has expanded the use of Aβ-PET...

 Biological & Health Sciences

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