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- Title
Positron Emission Tomography in Depression Research: Principles - Results - Perspectives.
- Authors
Pawlik, G.; Beil, C.; Hebold, I.; Herholz, K.; Wienhard, K.; Heiss, W.-D.
- Abstract
At present, PET is the only technology affording the quantitative, three-dimensional imaging of various aspects of brain function. In the few PET studies of mood disorders performed so far, usually cerebral glucose metabolism was investigated by the fluorodeoxyglucose method. Its largest individual diagnostic potential was demonstrated in certain forms of organic depression, while metabolic abnormalities in major unipolar and bipolar depression were more subtle - albeit significantly different. Other PET tracers for investigation of transmitter systems are available, but have not been systematically applied in depression research. Copyright © 1986 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Psychopathology, 1986, Vol 19, Issue S2, p85
- ISSN
0254-4962
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000285138