PET in the aging brain. ([2010])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guest editors, Andrew B. Newberg, Abass Alavi.
• Editors: Newberg, Andrew B, 1966-; Alavi, Abass
• Contents: Front Cover; Contributors; Contents; PET Clinics; Preface; Chapter 1. Normal Patterns and Variants in PET Brain Imaging; NORMAL VARIANTS IN FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING STUDIES; NEUROIMAGING IN THE STUDY OF NORMAL AGING FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD; NEUROTRANSMITTER FUNCTION IN NORMAL AGING; OTHER BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN NORMAL AGING; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Evaluation of Early Dementia (Mild Cognitive Impairment); FDG-PET STUDIES; ''AT RISK'' POPULATIONS; AMYLOID PET IMAGING; PIB; FDDNP; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; LIMITATIONS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Amyloid PET Ligands for Dementia. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIASAMYLOID LIGANDS; AMYLOID IMAGING IN DEMENTIA; AMYLOID IMAGING AND OTHER MARKERS OF DISEASE; SPECIFIC BIOMARKERS OF DISEASE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET in the Evaluation of Parkinson Disease; METABOLIC NETWORKS IN PARKINSONISM; METABOLIC PATTERNS IN ATYPICAL PARKINSONIAN SYNDROMES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS USING PET; CHANGES IN NETWORK ACTIVITY WITH DISEASE PROGRESSION IN PD; NETWORK MODULATION WITH PD THERAPY; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. SPECT and PET in Atypical Parkinsonism. THE SPECTRUM OF MOVEMENT DISORDERSDOPAMINERGIC IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PARKINSONISM AND RELATED DISORDERS; NONDOPAMINERGIC IMAGING IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS; IDENTIFYING NEW TARGETS AND IMAGING BIOMARKERS IN PARKINSON SPECTRUM DISORDERS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. 18F-AV-133: A Selective VMAT2-binding Radiopharmaceutical for PET Imaging of Dopaminergic Neurons; APPROACHES TO DA NEURON IMAGING; VMAT2 AS PET IMAGING TARGET; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. PET in Cerebrovascular Disease; NORMAL CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS AND ENERGY METABOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR CONTROL. HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASEEVOLUTION OF ACUTE INFARCTION; IDENTIFICATION OF PREVENTABLE INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; REMOTE METABOLIC EFFECTS OF CEREBRAL INFARCTION; VASCULAR DEMENTIA; INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Imaging Pathophysiology and Neuroplasticity After Stroke; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EVALUATION OF CBF, METABOLISM, AND RECEPTORS USING PET TRACERS; METABOLISM, OEF, AND CEREBROVASCULAR REACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF PERIINFARCTION TISSUE HEMODYNAMICS; EVALUATION OF ISCHEMIA BY PET. Pet measures of cbf and oeftime-dependent progressively evolving stroke penumbra; pet measures of cerebral tissue viability status in ischemic brain; recovery from stroke: diaschisis resolution and cerebral reorganization; cerebral diaschisis as a result of stroke; improvement of stroke-induced neurologic deficits attributable to cerebral diaschisis resolution; cerebral reorganization; improvement of stroke-induced neurologic deficits attributable to cerebral reorganization; adaptive plasticity in stroke recovery.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 618.976890757; Tomography, Emission; Brain -- Imaging; Brain -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Alzheimer's disease -- Imaging; Brain -- Aging; MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455700554
• Related ISBNs: 145570055X; 9781437719413; 1437719414
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 28, 2016).
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