title: Positron emission tomography in degenerative dementias.
abstract: Positron emission tomography demonstrates different abnormalities of cerebral metabolism or characteristic disturbances of neurotransmission systems in "cortical" and "subcortical" dementias. Those patterns may reflect the underlying anatomopathology, but may also give clues to the pathophysiology of a disease and its symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Liège.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Franck
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001928:Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003704:Dementia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed