Positron emission tomography shows that impaired frontal lobe functioning in Parkinson's disease is related to dopaminergic hypofunction in the caudate nucleus.

Brück, A

Positron emission tomography shows that impaired frontal lobe functioning in Parkinson's disease is related to dopaminergic hypofunction in the caudate nucleus. [electronic resource] - Neuroscience letters Sep 2001 - 81-4 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

0304-3940

10.1016/s0304-3940(01)02124-3 doi


Adult
Caudate Nucleus--physiopathology
Cognition
Dihydroxyphenylalanine--analogs & derivatives
Dopamine--physiology
Female
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Frontal Lobe--physiopathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parkinson Disease--diagnostic imaging
Tomography, Emission-Computed