Evaluation of Task-Related Brain Activity: Is There a Role for 18F FDG-PET Imaging?

Positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been widely used for the evaluation of cortical glucose metabolism in several neurodegenerative disorders while its potential role in the evaluation of cortical and subcortical activity during a task in the healthy and path...

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Main Authors: Agostino Chiaravalloti, Alessandro Micarelli, Maria Ricci, Marco Pagani, Gabriele Ciccariello, Ernesto Bruno, Marco Alessandrini, Orazio Schillaci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4762404