## Abstract ## Background: Rate of decline in 6‐L‐[^18^F]fluorodopa (FDOPA) uptake within the striatum has been reported as showing regional differences in Parkinson's disease (PD). ## Methods: We acquired longitudinal brain FDOPA positron emission tomography (PET) studies in 26 PD subjects and
A longitudinal study of motor performance and striatal [18F]fluorodopa uptake in Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Catherine L. Gallagher; Sterling C. Johnson; Barbara B. Bendlin; Moo K. Chung; James E. Holden; Terrence R. Oakes; Benjamin R. Brooks; Richard A. Konopacki; Selami Dogan; James H. Abbs; Guofan Xu; Robert J. Nickles; Robert W. Pyzalski; Onofre T. DeJesus; W. Douglas Brown
- Book ID
- 107472085
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 366 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1931-7557
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