Alzheimer’s-related plaques appear in brains of symptom-free adults

November 16, 2008 Alzheimer’s-related plaques appear in brains of symptom-free adults By University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Media Relations Fluorine-18 Pittsburgh Compound B, an imaging agent that could facilitate the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, has been used to identify amyloid deposition in the brains of cognitively normal adults. The findings could not only shed more light on how the illness progresses, but also open the door to possible prevention strategies, said senior investigator Dr. William E. Klunk, a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. They were reported in the November issue of the Archives of Neurology (2008;65[11]:1509-1517).

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