The advantages and limitations of brain function analyses by PET

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1274-1276

  Kato, M ^a   Taniwaki, T ^a   Kuwabara, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain functional imaging; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral energy metabolism; Neurotransmitter function; PET

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034436323     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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