Positron emission tomography in Parkinson's disease: glucose and DOPA metabolism

Adv Neurol. 1987:45:95-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Blood Glucose / metabolism*
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Caudate Nucleus / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellum / diagnostic imaging
  • Deoxyglucose / analogs & derivatives
  • Deoxyglucose / metabolism
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / metabolism
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / metabolism*
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Putamen / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • fluorodopa F 18
  • Levodopa
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Deoxyglucose