Functional imaging studies of cognition using 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT: Empirical validation using the n-back working memory paradigm

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 695-703

  Ludwig, Catherine ^a   Chicherio, Christian ^b   Terraneo, Luc ^c   Magistretti, Pierre ^d   De Ribaupierre, Anik ^a   Slosman, Daniel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e Clinique Generale de Beaulieu   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

99mTc HMPAO SPECT; Activation study; Brain imaging; Protocol validation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OXYGEN 15; RADIOLIGAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 40949160496     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0635-7     Document Type: Article

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