{"id":212845,"date":"2025-04-30T06:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/pet-scans-reveal-early-signs-of-parkinsons-and-lewy-body-disorders"},"modified":"2025-04-30T06:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:05:28","slug":"pet-scans-reveal-early-signs-of-parkinsons-and-lewy-body-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/pet-scans-reveal-early-signs-of-parkinsons-and-lewy-body-disorders","title":{"rendered":"PET scans reveal early signs of Parkinson\u2019s and Lewy body disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/pet-scans-reveal-early-signs-of-parkinsons-and-lewy-body-disorders2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a comprehensive Genomic Press perspective article published today, researchers from Fudan University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine have highlighted remarkable advances in the development of positron emission tomography (PET) tracers capable of visualizing \u03b1-synuclein aggregates in the brains of patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease and related disorders.<\/p>\n<p>The abnormal accumulation of \u03b1-synuclein protein is a defining pathological feature of several neurodegenerative conditions collectively known as synucleinopathies, including Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Until recently, confirming the presence of these protein aggregates required post-mortem examination, severely limiting early diagnosis and treatment monitoring capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ability to visualize these protein aggregates in living patients represents a significant leap forward in neurodegenerative disease research,\u201d explains Dr. Fang Xie, corresponding author and researcher at the Department of Nuclear Medicine &amp; PET Center at Huashan Hospital, Fudan University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a comprehensive Genomic Press perspective article published today, researchers from Fudan University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine have highlighted remarkable advances in the development of positron emission tomography (PET) tracers capable of visualizing \u03b1-synuclein aggregates in the brains of patients with Parkinson\u2019s disease and related disorders. The abnormal accumulation of \u03b1-synuclein protein [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}