MATURATIONAL CHANGES IN CEREBRAL FUNCTION IN INFANTS DETERMINED BY F-18 DG POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY

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CHUGANI, HT
PHELPS, ME
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[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, SCH MED, DEPT PEDIAT, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
[2] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, SCH MED, DIV NUCL MED & BIOPHYS, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
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10.1126/science.3945811
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
2-Deoxy-2[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography performed in human infants during development revealed progessive changes in local cerebral glucose utilization. In infants 5 weeks of age and younger, glucose utilization was highest in the sensorimotor cortex, thalamus, midbrain-brainstem, and cerebellar vermis. By 3 months, glucose metabolic activity had increased in the parietal, temporal, and occipital cortices and the basal ganglia, with subsequent increases in frontal and various association regions occurring by 8 months. These functional changes measured with positron emission tomography are in agreement with behavioral, neurophysiological, and anatomical alterations known to occur during infant development.
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