PET and movement disorders.
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 52 (Suppl), 68-77
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.52.suppl.68
Abstract
In this paper the use of PET for determining the patterns of disruption of both regional cerebral metabolism, and the pre- and post-synaptic dopaminergic systems, associated with movement disorders is reviewed. That the various akinetic-rigid syndromes result in distinctive PET findings is shown, making functional imaging valuable in their differential diagnosis. PET may also be useful for detecting the presence of sub-clinical disease in Huntington's disease and other inherited movement disorders.Keywords
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