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Imaging microglial activation and glucose consumption in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jan 2013
Rapic Sara, Backes Heiko, Viel Thomas, Kummer Markus P, Monfared Parisa, Neumaier Bernd, Vollmar Stefan, Hoehn Mathias, Van der Linden Annemie, Heneka Michael T, Jacobs Andreas H
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In Alzheimer's disease (AD), persistent microglial activation as sign of chronic neuroinflammation contributes to disease progression. Our study aimed to in vivo visualize and quantify microglial activation in 13- to 15-month-old AD mice using [(11)C]-(R)-PK11195 and positron emission tomography...
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