Amnesia other imaging findings
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Overview
Positron emission tomography PET may show hypometabolism in areas of brain associated with memory in patients with history of amnesia but with no visible structural or functional brain damage on CT scan or MRI.
Other Imaging Findings
Other Imaging Findings
- Positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in patients with dissociative amnesia shows hypometabolism in right inferolateral prefrontal region responsible for autobiographical memories.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Brand M, Eggers C, Reinhold N, Fujiwara E, Kessler J, Heiss WD; et al. (2009). “Functional brain imaging in 14 patients with dissociative amnesia reveals right inferolateral prefrontal hypometabolism”. Psychiatry Res. 174 (1): 32–9. doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.03.008. PMID 19783409.
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