Study of presynaptic nigrostriatal pathway by 123-I-FD-CIT-SPECT (DatSCAN SPECT) in primary orthostatic tremor;Estudio de la vía nigroestriada presináptica mediante 123-I-FP-CIT-SPECT (DatSCAN SPECT) en el temblor ortostático primario

Neurologia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-39

  Vaamonde, Julia ^a   Garcia A ^b   Flores, J M ^a   Ibanez R ^a   Gargallo, L ^c  

^a Servicio de Neurologia   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Medicina Nuclear   (Spain)

^c Centro de Salud de Puertollano   (Spain)

Author keywords

123 I FP CIT SPECT; Primary orthostatic tremor

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; FLUOXETINE; N OMEGA FLUOROPROPYL 2BETA CARBOXYMETHOXY 3BETA (4 IODOPHENYL)TROPANE I 123; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIMARY ORTHOSTATIC TREMOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREMOR;

AGED; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33644506117     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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