title: Quantitative evaluation of brain edema by radionuclide imaging technique.
abstract: The objective of the present investigation was to quantify metabolic cerebral edema in dogs with impaired monoamine oxidase (MAO) function and liver disease using dynamic imaging of the brain with 99mTc-diethylenetriamine pentacetic acid (99mTc DTPA). Data acquisition was started following a rapid intracarotid injection of 99mTc DTPA (5 mCi), and sixty 0.5-s images of the left or right hemisphere were taken. First-pass time-activity curves were obtained by selecting regions of interest for the appropriate brain hemisphere. The results of this study demonstrated that in phenelzine-treated animals there was a 6 to 38% reduction in brain washout slopes of 99mTc DTPA (24.0 +/- 11.5% reduction). These washout slopes were further reduced (range 24.0-86.0; 50.6 +/- 18.5% reduction) following the oral administration of tyramine (1 mg/kg). A significant correlation was noted between changes in washout slopes and the development of coma in these animals.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sarper
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tarcan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malveaux
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Faraj
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004058:Diffusion; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D010624:Phenelzine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D014439:Tyramine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D010624:Phenelzine; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D014439:Tyramine