Neuroimaging of Alzheimer's disease: focus on amyloid and tau PET

H Matsuda, Y Shigemoto, N Sato - Japanese journal of radiology, 2019 - Springer
Although the diagnosis of dementia is still largely a clinical one, based on history and disease
course, neuroimaging has dramatically increased our ability to accurately diagnose it. …

Relationships between the deposition of amyloid-β and tau protein and glymphatic system activity in Alzheimer's disease: diffusion tensor image study

M Ota, N Sato, M Nakaya, Y Shigemoto… - Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Background: Amyloid-ß (Aß) and tau protein accumulation in the brain is thought to be one
of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Recent study found that the glymphatic system …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative Evaluation of 18F-Flutemetamol PET in Patients With Cognitive Impairment and Suspected Alzheimer's Disease: A Multicenter Study

…, S Mizumura, K Ishii, K Okita, Y Shigemoto… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: In clinical practice, equivocal findings are inevitable in visual interpretation of
whether amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) is positive or negative. It is therefore …

Association between neurite metrics and tau/inflammatory pathology in Alzheimer's disease

D Sone, Y Shigemoto, M Ogawa… - Alzheimer's & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The molecular mechanism of neurodegeneration, including tau and neurite
complexity, is an important topic in Alzheimer's disease (AD) research. Methods We recruited 27 …

Correlation between the regional brain volume and glymphatic system activity in progressive supranuclear palsy

M Ota, N Sato, Y Takahashi, Y Shigemoto… - Dementia and Geriatric …, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: Tau protein accumulation in the brain is thought to be one of the causes of
progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). The glymphatic system was discovered a decade ago as …

Free water derived by multi‐shell diffusion MRI reflects tau/neuroinflammatory pathology in Alzheimer's disease

…, H Matsuda, N Maikusa, Y Shigemoto… - … Research & Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Free‐water (FW) imaging, a new analysis method for diffusion magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), can indicate neuroinflammation and degeneration. We evaluated FW in …

[HTML][HTML] Age and sex-related effects on single-subject gray matter networks in healthy participants

Y Shigemoto, N Sato, N Maikusa, D Sone… - Journal of Personalized …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent developments in image analysis have enabled an individual’s brain network to be
evaluated and brain age to be predicted from gray matter images. Our study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo evaluation of gray and white matter volume loss in the parkinsonian variant of multiple system atrophy using SPM8 plus DARTEL for VBM

Y Shigemoto, H Matsuda, K Kamiya, N Maikusa… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2013 - Elsevier
In multiple system atrophy with predominant parkinsonism (MSA-P), several voxel-based
morphometry (VBM) studies have revealed gray matter loss; however, the white matter volume …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical impact of amyloid PET using 18F-florbetapir in patients with cognitive impairment and suspected Alzheimer's disease: a multicenter study

…, T Yokota, U Tateishi, Y Shigemoto… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2022 - Springer
Objective Amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) can reliably detect senile plaques
and fluorinated ligands are approved for clinical use. However, the clinical impact of amyloid …

[HTML][HTML] FLAIR-wise machine-learning classification and lateralization of MRI-negative 18F-FDG PET-positive temporal lobe epilepsy

…, D Sone, N Maikusa, Y Kimura, Y Shigemoto… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective: In this study, we investigated the ability of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR)
data coupled with machine-leaning algorithms to differentiate normal and epileptic …