PET scans showing brain estrogen receptor (ER) density in a premenopausal (left) and a postmenopausal (right) woman. The color scale reflects brain ER density, with brighter colors indicating more ...
A team of researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has identified important differences in how early ...
NEW ORLEANS (June 23, 2025)—A novel PET imaging approach has revealed distinct patterns of brain inflammation in patients with progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS), a rare neurodegenerative disorder ...
Professor of Medical Imaging at the University of Arizona Lars Furenlid, the project’s lead researcher. Professor of Radiology at UMass Chan Medical School Michael King. In order to better study and ...
Tau proteins play an important role in Alzheimer's disease. Tau helps to stabilize neurons in the brain, but in Alzheimer's disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons. These tangles ...