AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

95 - Detecting Amyloid & Tau in Alzheimer's Disease: September 2020

Episode Summary

In this half-hour episode, Judy goes through September 2020 papers that look at diagnosing or characterizing Alzheimer's disease based on the detection of the proteins amyloid and tau in the brain and other structures. Topics include conventional and novel neuroimaging techniques, deep learning methods and retinal amyloid-beta. Tune in to find out more! Sections in this episode: PET Deep Learning Methods 1:06 Standardized Uptake Value Ratios 4:00 Mild Cognitive Impairment 12:05 Neuropsychological Tests and Executive Function 15:28 Other 17:49 Non-PET Retinal Amyloid-Beta 21:22 Other 24:11

Episode Notes

In this half-hour episode, Judy goes through September 2020 papers that look at diagnosing or characterizing Alzheimer's disease based on the detection of the proteins amyloid and tau in the brain and other structures. Topics include conventional and novel neuroimaging techniques, deep learning methods and retinal amyloid-beta. Tune in to find out more!  

 

Sections in this episode:  

 

PET  

Deep Learning Methods 1:06  

Standardized Uptake Value Ratios 4:00  

Mild Cognitive Impairment 12:05  

Neuropsychological Tests and Executive Function 15:28  

Other 17:49  

 

Non-PET  

Retinal Amyloid-Beta 21:22  

Other 24:11 

 

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Today's episode was scripted, hosted & edited by Judy Cheng, reviewed by Marcia Jude,  and made possible by an entire team of volunteers behind the scenes.  Thanks to Elyn Rowe and Jacques Ferreira for sorting all of the September 2020 abstracts into themes. 

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