Regional cerebral blood flow during seizures in neonates.
With the use of 99mTc-D, L,-hexamethylpropylenamine oxime and single photon emission computed tomography, regional cerebral blood flow was measured ictally in 12 mature infants with recurrent seizures and compared with a reference group of nine interictal studies. The study indicates that both clinical and electrical seizures in neonates are associated with a focal cerebral hyperperfusion of the same amount as seen in adults.
Børch
K
K
Department of Neonatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
Pryds
O
O
Holm
S
S
Lou
H
H
Greisen
G
G
D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon