Benzodiazepine receptor imaging in the brain: Recent developments and clinical validity

Kakuigaku

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-313

  Morimoto, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11C flumazenil PET; 123I iomazenil SPECT; Benzodiazepine receptor imaging; Epilepsy; Panic disorder

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; FLUMAZENIL; IOMAZENIL;

BRAIN REGION; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PANIC; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FLUMAZENIL; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PANIC DISORDER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032984155     PISSN: 00227854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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