## Abstract We used [^11^C]raclopride (RACLO) and positron emission tomography (PET) to study longitudinally striatal dopamine D~2~ receptor binding in nine patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) at an early drug‐naive stage and 3–5 years later, when motor fluctuations had appeared in seven of them
Reproducibility of striatal and thalamic dopamine D2 receptor binding using [11C]raclopride with high-resolution positron emission tomography
✍ Scribed by Alakurtti, Kati; Aalto, Sargo; Johansson, Jarkko J; Någren, Kjell; Tuokkola, Terhi; Oikonen, Vesa; Laine, Matti; Rinne, Juha O
- Book ID
- 109871588
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-678X
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