Eunsang Kim

UNLABELLED: In Parkinson's disease (PD), both neuropathologic and biochemical studies suggest that serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) neurons are affected by the disease process. The integrity of 5-HT transporters was assessed in PD patients with SPECT using 2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-(123)I-iodophenyl)tropane ((123)I-beta-CIT), which binds with high affinity to both dopamine (DA) and 5-HT transporters. METHODS: Forty-five PD patients at relatively early stages (mean Hoehn-Yahr stage, 2.0 +

FDG-PET is more useful in delineating the cortical abnormality in patients with mild degrees of FCD. The extent of the lesion was larger or similar on FDG-PET compared with that of the MRI.

UNLABELLED: We studied 26 patients with a single supratentorial infarction using 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT and MRI to investigate the phenomenon of crossed-cerebellar diaschisis (CCD). METHODS: From the total single-photon emission counts obtained from each cerebellar hemisphere, the percent difference between the contralateral (CCH) and ipsilateral (ICH) cerebellar hemispheres [delta %cbll = (CCH-ICH)/ ICH x 100] was calculated. Both SPECT (SVD) and MRI volume deficit (MVD) were measured to examine the

Neuroticism and extraversion are two core dimensions of personality and are considered to be associated with emotional disorders. We investigated resting state brain metabolic correlates of neuroticism and extraversion using a positron emission tomography. Twenty healthy young men completed an F-flurodeoxyglucose-PET scan at rest and the Korean version of the revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Neuroticism was negatively correlated with regional glucose metabolism in prefrontal regions in

Repetitive traumatic brain injury (rTBI) occurs as a result of mild and accumulative brain damage. A prototype of rTBI is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is a degenerative disease that occurs in patients with histories of multiple concussions or head injuries. Boxers have been the most commonly studied patient group because they may experience thousands of subconcussive hits over the course of a career. This study examined the consequences of rTBI with structural brain imaging and

To develop radiotracer for the translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) in vivo, N-(2-[(18)F]fluoromethoxybenzyl)-N-(4-phenoxypyridin-3-yl)acetamide ([(18)F]1, [(18)F]fluoromethyl-PBR28) was prepared by incorporating of fluorine-18 into triazolium triflate-PBR28 precursor (7). The radiochemical yield of [(18)F]1 after HPLC purification was 35.8 ± 3.2% (n = 11, decay corrected). Radiotracer [(18)F]1 was found to be chemically stable when incubated in human serum for 4 h at 37 °C. Both aryloxyanilide an

Iodine-123-beta-CIT (2 beta-carbomethoxy-3 beta-(4-iodophenyl)tropane) binds with high affinity to dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) transporters. This study examined the correlation of single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) measures of [123I]beta-CIT binding to DA and 5-HT transporters with symptom severity in Parkinson's disease (PD). Forty-six L-dopa-responsive PD patients (Hoehn-Yahr stage 1-3) had SPECT scans at 20-24 h after injection of [123I]beta-CIT. Specific to nondisplac