CLINICAL CORRELATION OF MOCA AND TAU IMAGING
Surya Sunil, Malini Nair, Nicole Byrne, Adriana Rodriguez, Anil K Nair · 2023
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Sunil and four colleagues check if a quick thinking test matches brain scans for tau buildup in memory clinic patients in twenty twenty-three. Tau is a protein that piles up in Alzheimer's disease and can be imaged with PET scans. The thinking test, called MoCA, is cheap and fast. The team reviewed charts of thirty-four patients in Boston who had both.
Scan positivity did not track test scores in a clear way. A test cut score of twenty-two best guessed scan status, with fair accuracy. The authors blame a ceiling effect: many mild patients score near the test's top, which hides gaps. They call for larger studies before the cheap test can stand in for scans.
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| CREATOR | Surya Sunil, Malini Nair, Nicole Byrne, Adriana Rodriguez, Anil K Nair |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |