Brain activation patterns during real locomotion in progressive supranuclear palsy
A Zwergal, C la Fougere, P Bartenstein, M Dieterich, M Strupp, T Brandt, K Jahn · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2009 · Heft 03
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Objectives: Characterization of pathological changes in the supraspinal locomotor network in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Methods: 12 PSP patients and 16 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were included in the study. As a locomotion paradigm persons had to walk with a medium velocity in a basement floor providing uniform visual environment for 10 minutes. Then [18F]-Fluoro-desoxyglucose ([18F]-FDG, max. 200MBq) was injected intravenously while the subject continued walking for further 10 minutes. Imaging started 30 minutes after tracer injection. In all participants a second [18F]-FDG s…