18F-fluorodeoxyglucose hypometabolism in cerebellar tonsil and flocculus in downbeat nystagmus

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 599-603

  Bense, Sandra ^a   Best, Christoph ^a   Buchholz, Hans Georg ^a   Wiener, Valerie ^a,b   Schreckenberger, Mathias ^a   Bartenstein, Peter ^a   Dieterich, Marianne ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose; Cerebellum; Downbeat nystagmus; Positron emission tomography; Treatment

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOGRAPHY; OTOLITH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; TONSIL; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; AGED; CEREBELLUM; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 33646368712     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200604240-00009     Document Type: Article

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