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The Teen Brain: It's Just Not Grown Up Yet NPR Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:26 PM PST Scientists used to think teenage brains are just like those of adults â€" with fewer miles on them. But they're not. Teens' brains are developmentally different. One neurologist mother decided to get to the roots of her son's maddening behavior. Brain images suggest Alzheimer's drug is working Reuters Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:16 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - New imaging technology suggests an experimental drug for Alzheimer's reduces clumps of plaque in the brain by around 25 percent, lifting hopes for a medicine that disappointed in clinical tests two years ago. Neuroimaging technique shows potential of bapineuzumab treatment and might be useful in assessing other drugs for Alzhei PhysOrg Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:35 PM PST A neuroimaging technique known as ¹¹C-PiB PET* shows that a new investigational drug, bapineuzumab,** reduces amyloid-β deposits in the brain by about 25% compared with placebo in patients who have mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. As such, ¹¹C-PiB PET imaging might be useful for assessing which drugs work to prevent the build up of amyloid-β deposits in the brains of people living with ...

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