Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.

Medicare Part B covers outpatient PET scans when ordered by a doctor and considered medically necessary. PET scan costs can vary depending on whether you have the scan in a hospital as an inpatient, ...

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WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 20, 2023 Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer's, prepares to receive a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chávez ...

This article was originally published in the 2025 Equine Research Horizons, a publication of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. Reprinted with permission.Dr. Mathieu Spriet is an Associate ...

The results showed that in some people, especially those with conditions other than Alzheimer’s disease, the scan signal was influenced more by iron or inflammation than by tau itself. In other words, ...

A newer type of prostate cancer scan called 64 Cu-SAR-bisPSMA found more than twice as many cancer spots as a commonly used PSMA PET scan in men whose prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was rising after ...

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 ...

Dr. Mathieu Spriet is an Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis. In 2015, the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation ...