A critical period of brain development: Studies of cerebral glucose utilization with PET

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-188

  Chugani, Harry T ^a,b  

^a Div of Pediat Neurol and Radiol   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Brain plasticity; Cerebral glucose metabolism; Critical periods; PET neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; LEARNING; ONTOGENY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032030166     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0274     Document Type: Conference Paper

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