PET STUDIES OF THE STRIATAL DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM IN PARKINSONS-DISEASE(PD)

Authors
PICCINI P TURJANSKI N BROOKS DJ
Citation
P. Piccini et al., PET STUDIES OF THE STRIATAL DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM IN PARKINSONS-DISEASE(PD), Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum, (45), 1995, pp. 123-131
Citations number
60
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum → ACNP
ISSN journal
03036995
Issue
45
Year of publication
1995
Pages
123 - 131
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-6995(1995):45<123:PSOTSD>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique w hich allows detection of biochemical and pharmacological dysfunction o f the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system and provides the opportunity t o investigate living patients with PD. This paper reviews the contribu tion of PET studies to the understanding of neurochemical changes unde rlying Parkinson's disease.