Putamen dopamine transporter and glucose metabolism are reduced in SCA17

Dopamine transporters, D2 receptors, and

Dopamine transporters, D2 receptors, and glucose metabolism in corticobasal degeneration

✍ Stefanie Klaffke; Andrea A. Kuhn; Michail Plotkin; Holger Amthauer; Daniel Harna 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 59 KB

## Abstract Alterations in presynaptic and postsynaptic dopaminergic system and cerebral glucose metabolism in corticobasal degeneration (CBD) were assessed to evaluate the potential usefulness of different imaging methods for CBD. ^123^I‐FP‐CIT/^123^I‐β‐CIT SPECT and ^123^I‐IBZM SPECT as well as ^