In vivo PET imaging of neuroinflammation in familial frontotemporal dementia

Publication: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry

Maura Malpetti, Timothy Rittman, Peter Simon Jones, Thomas Edmund Cope, Luca Passamonti, William Richard Bevan-Jones, Karalyn Patterson, Tim D Fryer, Young T Hong, Franklin I Aigbirhio, John Tiernan O’Brien, James Benedict Rowe

29 October 2020


Summary:

Using PET imaging, researchers looked at neuro inflammation and abnormal growth of protein for patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). They found Familial FTD was associated with neuroinflammation across all genes and also reflected clinical heterogeneity. This research will be able to help to further understand the disease and in particular around the immune system to help with treatments and prevention.

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