Glucose and [11C]flumazenil positron emission tomography abnormalities of thalamic nuclei in temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2037-2045

  Juhasz C ^a   Nagy, F ^a   Watson, C ^a   Da Silva, E A ^a   Muzik, O ^a   Chugani, D C ^a   Shah, J ^a   Chugani, H T ^a,b  

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

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Flumazenil; Glucose metabolism; PET Thalamus; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RECEPTOR BINDING; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GABA MODULATORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032585807     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.9.2037     Document Type: Article

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