Positron emission tomography (PET) in "pure akinesia"

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 34-39

  Taniwaki, T ^a   Hosokawa, S ^a   Goto, I ^a   Fujii, N ^a   Otsuka, M ^a   Kuwabara, Y ^a   Ichiya, Y ^a   Hasuo, K ^a   Kato, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Glucose; Magnetic resonance imaging; Parkinson's disease; Positron emission tomography; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Pure akinesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0026320798     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(92)90206-Z     Document Type: Article

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