title: [Use of positron emission tomography in psychiatry].
abstract: For the past years, substantial amount of experimental data has been published on the use of positron emission tomography in different psychiatric disorders. The different PET methods, which evaluate the whole-brain or regional metabolism, tissue perfusion or receptor density may help to identify the disorder specific changes in brain function and also better understand the underlying pathophysiology. In the clinical practice, PET plays an important role in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dementias and, presumably, in the near future the PET technique will be also extensively used in the clinical examination of other psychiatric disorders.
authors.affiliation: Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Pszichiátriai Tanszék, Debrecen. degrell@psychiatry.dote.hu
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Degrell
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berecz
authors.forename: Teodóra
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glaub
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lengyel
authors.forename: Anikó
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Egerházi
authors.forename: Szabolcs
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szakáll
authors.forename: Lajos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trón
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003704:Dementia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005947:Glucose