title: Is this Red Spot the Blue Spot (locus ceruleus)?
abstract: The authors report brain images of 18F-FDG-PET in a case of schizophrenia. The images showed strikingly increased bilateral uptake in the locus ceruleus. The locus ceruleus is called the blue spot and known to be a center of the norepinephrinergic system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, 405-760 South Korea.
authors.forename: Wonsick
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, 405-760 South Korea.
authors.forename: Yukyung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, 405-760 South Korea.
authors.forename: Minkyung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, 405-760 South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Hoon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hwang
keywords: 18F-FDG; Blue spot; Brain images; Locus ceruleus; Schizophrenia