These findings have shown that the TSPO signal increases proportionally with the activation of microglia in various tauopathies, which include AD, PSP, FTD, and FTDP-17 (Maeda et al., 2011; Zhang, 2015), as well as other NDs, and in models of brain injuries such as FTD, PD, stroke, and traumatic brain injuries (Wu et al., 2013). The gene discussed is TSPO; the disease is tauopathy.