A study of injected dose for brain mapping on the ECAT HR+: Activation maps for a parametric verbal working memory task

NeuroImage

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-153

  Isoardi, Roberto A ^a,c   Townsend, David W ^a   Carter, Cameron S ^b   Herbster, Amy ^b   Dachille, Marsha A ^a   Meltzer, Carolyn Cidis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Fundacion Escuela de Med Nuclear   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0032776188     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1998.0392     Document Type: Article

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