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Neuroimaging in Animal Seizure Models with (18)FDG-PET
Small animal neuroimaging has become increasingly available to researchers, expanding the breadth of questions studied with these methods. Applying these noninvasive techniques to the open questions underlying epileptogenesis is no exception. A major advantage of small animal neuroimaging is its tra...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/369295 |
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author | Mirrione, Martine M. Tsirka, Stella E. |
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description | Small animal neuroimaging has become increasingly available to researchers, expanding the breadth of questions studied with these methods. Applying these noninvasive techniques to the open questions underlying epileptogenesis is no exception. A major advantage of small animal neuroimaging is its translational appeal. Studies can be well controlled and manipulated, examining the living brain in the animal before, during, and after the disease onset or disease treatment. The results can also be compared to data collected on human patients. Over the past decade, we and others have explored metabolic patterns in animal models of epilepsy to gain insight into the circuitry underlying development of the disease. In this paper, we provide technical details on how metabolic imaging that uses 2-deoxy-2[(18)F]fluoro-D-glucose ((18)FDG) and positron emission tomography (PET) is performed and explain the strengths and limitations of these studies. We will also highlight recent advances toward understanding epileptogenesis through small animal imaging. |
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spelling | pubmed-34206902012-08-30 Neuroimaging in Animal Seizure Models with (18)FDG-PET Mirrione, Martine M. Tsirka, Stella E. Epilepsy Res Treat Review Article Small animal neuroimaging has become increasingly available to researchers, expanding the breadth of questions studied with these methods. Applying these noninvasive techniques to the open questions underlying epileptogenesis is no exception. A major advantage of small animal neuroimaging is its translational appeal. Studies can be well controlled and manipulated, examining the living brain in the animal before, during, and after the disease onset or disease treatment. The results can also be compared to data collected on human patients. Over the past decade, we and others have explored metabolic patterns in animal models of epilepsy to gain insight into the circuitry underlying development of the disease. In this paper, we provide technical details on how metabolic imaging that uses 2-deoxy-2[(18)F]fluoro-D-glucose ((18)FDG) and positron emission tomography (PET) is performed and explain the strengths and limitations of these studies. We will also highlight recent advances toward understanding epileptogenesis through small animal imaging. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3420690/ /pubmed/22937232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/369295 Text en Copyright © 2011 M. M. Mirrione and S. E. Tsirka. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Mirrione, Martine M. Tsirka, Stella E. Neuroimaging in Animal Seizure Models with (18)FDG-PET |
title | Neuroimaging in Animal Seizure Models with (18)FDG-PET |
title_full | Neuroimaging in Animal Seizure Models with (18)FDG-PET |
title_fullStr | Neuroimaging in Animal Seizure Models with (18)FDG-PET |
title_full_unstemmed | Neuroimaging in Animal Seizure Models with (18)FDG-PET |
title_short | Neuroimaging in Animal Seizure Models with (18)FDG-PET |
title_sort | neuroimaging in animal seizure models with (18)fdg-pet |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/369295 |
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