Abstract
Our aim was to assess whether in vivo 11C-PIB negative memory-impaired subjects may nonetheless exhibit brain Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. We re-evaluated the PET images and systematically characterized the postmortem neuropathology of six individuals who had undergone clinically indicated amyloid PET. The single case with negligible amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology had Lewy body disease, where concomitant AD changes are often seen. Further, the subject’s plaques were predominantly diffuse. The predictive value of a negative 11C-PIB scan appears to be good, even in memory-impaired populations. Our results suggest that considerable neuritic Aβ plaque pathology in the absence of specific/cortical 11C-PIB binding upon PET is unlikely.
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