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APOE-dependent PET patterns of brain activation in Alzheimer disease.
Neurology - 14 Sept 2004
Scarmeas N, Anderson K E, Hilton J, Park A, Habeck C, Flynn J, Tycko B, Stern Y
Abstract excerpt
Using H2(15)O PET, the authors imaged 13 patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) while performing a serial nonverbal recognition memory task. Patterns of brain activation differed as a function of APOE genotype: epsilon4 carriers exhibited lower activation in the left lingual gyrus and higher activation in left cuneus, precuneus, parahippocampal, and right precentral gyrus. The APOE genotype seems to play a role in...
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