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2017
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Imaging in Neurology Research III: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Imaging in Neurology Research III: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Positron emission tomography (PET) plays an outstanding role among imaging technologies since it enables visualization of physiological and pathophysiological processes at the molecular level in real time. Moreover, it combines low invasiveness with high sensitivity, and numerous biological processe...
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Personal Name(s): | Kiessling, Fabian (Editor) |
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Pichler, Bernd J. (Editor) / Hauff, Peter (Editor) / Endepols, Heike / Neumaier, Bernd | |
Contributing Institute: |
Nuklearchemie; INM-5 |
Published in: |
Small Animal Imaging / Kiessling, Fabian (Editor) ; Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017, Chapter 30 ; ISBN: 978-3-319-42200-8 ; doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42202-2 |
Imprint: |
Cham
Springer International Publishing
2017
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Physical Description: |
761-772 |
ISBN: |
9783319422022 (electronic) 978-3-319-42202-2 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-42202-2_30 |
Document Type: |
Contribution to a book |
Research Program: |
Neuroimaging |
Subject (ZB): | |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
Positron emission tomography (PET) plays an outstanding role among imaging technologies since it enables visualization of physiological and pathophysiological processes at the molecular level in real time. Moreover, it combines low invasiveness with high sensitivity, and numerous biological processes can be measured repeatedly and quantitatively. Therefore, it is ideally suited for translational animal research to investigate different pathologies. Especially neurodegenerative diseases are of particular interest since a plethora of imaging agents exist (Table 30.1), which allow to investigate different molecular targets involved in neurodegenerative processes. Furthermore, various animal models with neurodegenerative diseases are available, facilitating to elucidate dysfunctions associated with the progression of neurodegeneration. Above all, small animal models of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are mainly used in this field since they are the most common pathologies of neurodegenerative diseases |