Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances, 92(4), p. 51032-51037
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra07754g
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Styryl-congutated BODIPY dyes which are structurally similar to known Aβ peptide binding dyes, were designed and synthesized. The binding is accompanied by a large increase in the emission intensity in all cases, suggesting a high potential for use in the fluorescence imaging of Aβ plaques.