Decreased cortical glucose metabolism correlates with hippocampal atrophy in Alzheimer's disease as shown by MRI and PET

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 596-600

  Yamaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Meguro, Kenichi ^a   Itoh, Masatoshi ^b   Hayasaka, Chika ^a   Shimada, Masumi ^a   Yamazaki, Hideki ^c   Yamadori, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Minami Hanamaki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebral metabolic rate for glucose; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031009543     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.6.596     Document Type: Article

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