| Literature DB >> 1781265 |
E Salmon1, P Maquet, B Sadzot, C Degueldre, C Lemaire, G Franck.
Abstract
Frontal metabolism measured with positron emission tomography is shown to be decreased relatively to that in other cortical or sub-cortical areas, in a population of healthy elderly compared to young volunteers. Cortical atrophy or neuronal depopulation are unlikely to entirely explain this physiological phenomenon, and sub-cortico-cortical deactivation should play a role, analogous to that proposed in subcortical diseases.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1781265
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Neurol Belg ISSN: 0300-9009 Impact factor: 2.396