Brain glucose metabolism in thalamic syndrome.
Regional brain glucose metabolism was studied in a case of postischaemic thalamic syndrome. Despite a normal density of the thalamus on MRI and CT images, a 17% relative hypometabolism was found in the posterior thalamus on the affected side. This observation of functional anomalies in the posterior thalamic complex in case of thalamic syndrome is compatible with a deregulated processing of pain-related information at this level.
Laterre
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University of Louvain Positron Tomography Laboratory, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
De Volder
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Goffinet
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D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001786:Blood Glucose; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003847:Deoxyglucose