Sex- and Age-Related Differences in Brain FDG Metabolism of Healthy Adults: An SPM Analysis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Hsieh, Te Chun ^a,b   Lin, Wan Yu ^b,c,d,e   Ding, Hueisch Jy ^b,f   Sun, Shung Shung ^a,b   Wu, Yu Chin ^a   Yen, Kuo Yang ^a,b   Kao, Chia Hung ^a,c,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b China Medical University Hospital ^*  (Taiwan)

^c Fu Jen Catholic Uiversity   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2 18F fluoro 2 deoxy d glucose positron emission tomography; Age; Brain metabolism; Healthy adult; Sex; Statistical parametric mapping

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PUTAMEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETRIC MAPPING; TEMPORAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84862951202     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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