title: Thalamic hypofunction in alcohol hallucinosis: FDG PET findings.
abstract: We report findings obtained with positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose-F18 (FDG PET) as tracer in two patients with acute alcohol hallucinosis. In line with previous findings, both patients had a significant hypometabolism in the left relative to the right thalamus. When the second patient was retested after clinical recovery, FDG PET findings were normalized, suggesting the probable thalamic dysfunction to be a functional rather than a structural abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Hospital, University of Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, D-80336 Munich, Germany. Michael.Soyka@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soyka
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatsch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18