Bradykinesia in cirrhotic patients with early hepatic encephalopathy is related to a decreased glucose uptake of frontomesial cortical areas relevant for movement initiation

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1034-1039

  Giewekemeyer, Kathrin ^a   Berding, Georg ^a   Ahl, Björn ^a   Ennen, Jochen C ^a   Weissenborn, Karin ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bradykinesia; Brain imaging; Hepatic encephalopathy; Movement intiation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT;

EID: 34247598311     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.01.038     Document Type: Article

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