Age- and sex-associated changes in cerebral glucose metabolism in normal healthy subjects: Statistical parametric mapping analysis of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose brain positron emission tomography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1169-1174

  Kim, In Ju ^a,b   Kim, Seong Jang ^a,b   Kim, Yong Ki ^a,b  

^a Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; F 18 FDG; Sex; Statistical parametric mapping

Indexed keywords

AGING PROCESS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBRAL AREAS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FLUORINE-18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; MEAN AGES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETRIC MAPPING; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; FLUORINE; GLUCOSE; MAPPING; METABOLISM; POSITRONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; SCINTISCANNING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 73149083523     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903258058     Document Type: Article

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