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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a quantitative technique which can be used to measure regional values of cerebral metabolism in the living human at rest. While structural scans (CT or MRI) may be normal in the degenerative dementias, or show generalised atrophy, functional imaging techniques allow differentiation of subtypes of dementias according to patterns of dysmetabolism. This paper describes some of the variety of alterations in patterns of oxygen metabolism that may be observed in degenerative cognitive disorders, and their correlations with clinical subtypes.
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Tyrrell, P.J., Rossor, M.N., Frackowiak, R.S.J. (1990). Oxygen metabolism in the degenerative dementias. In: Maurer, K., Riederer, P., Beckmann, H. (eds) Alzheimer’s Disease. Epidemiology, Neuropathology, Neurochemistry, and Clinics. Key Topics in Brain Research. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3396-5_55
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