Thalamic activation and cortical deactivation during typical absence status monitored using [18F]FDG-PET: A case report

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-201

  Bilo, Leonilda ^a   Meo, Roberta ^b   Leva, Maria Fulvia de ^a   Vicidomini, Caterina ^c   Salvatore, Marco ^c   Pappatà, Sabina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Neurology Outpatients Service   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absence status epilepticus; Default state; Epilepsy; FDG PET study

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABSENCE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THALAMUS;

EID: 77549088326     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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