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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Aging. 2010 Oct 18;33(5):878–885. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.08.007

Table.

PiB retention ratio and the distribution and magnitude of AD and LB pathology in different brain regions of interest*

PiB retention
ratio
Neuritic
plaques**
Diffuse
plaques**
Amyloid
load
NFT
density
LB
density
Diagnostic regions
 Midfrontal 1.92 5 16 0.09 0.02 2.41
 Middle temporal gyrus 1.50 5 11 0.07 0.02 2.48
 Entorhinal cortex*** N/A 3 15 0.06 4.3 3.32
 Middle hippocampus 1.00 0 0 0.007 13.25 N/A
 Inferior parietal 1.62 4 13 0.06 0 0.46
 Caudate 1.29 N/A N/A 0.03 0 N/A
 Putamen 1.44 N/A N/A 0.03 0 N/A
 Thalamus 1.24 N/A N/A 0.01 0.03 N/A
 Substantia nigra*** N/A N/A N/A 0.01 0 4.56
 Anterior cingulate gyrus 1.94 6 22 0.07 0.03 6.53
Additional regions
 Middle frontal gyrus 1.85 11 16 0.11 0.01 2.93
 Amygdala 1.28 25 6 0.04 2.4 6.06
 Precentral gyrus 1.70 9 11 0.04 0 0.57
 Posterior hippocampus 1.24 0 0 0.007 19.57 N/A
 Superior temporal gyrus 1.45 7 10 0.05 0 1.39
 Posterior cingulate gyrus 1.83 8 10 0.08 0.125 2.34
 Precuneus 1.95 5 12 0.1 0 1.89
 Superior parietal lobule 1.98 12 11 0.08 0.009 1.33
 Calcarine cortex 1.38 3 1 0.02 0 0.08
*

N/A = not applicable;

**

Plaque counts correspond to CERAD as follows: 1-5 = sparse; 6-19 = moderate; ≥20 = frequent (see text for description of pathology methodology)

***

Entorhinal cortex and substantia nigra regions evaluated at autopsy were not analyzed in the PiB-PET images because the sizes of the histological blocs were less than the resolution of PET in at least one dimension which did not allow reliable assessment of these regions.