Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Brain Amyloid in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Summary

To determine the level of association between the quantitative estimates of brain uptake of \[18F\]flutemetamol and the quantitative immunohistochemical and histochemistry estimates of amyloid levels in frontal lobe biopsy samples obtained from subjects during shunt placement for NPH.

Timeline

Start

2010-03

Primary completion

2011-04

Completion

2011-04

Drugs

Indications