Yu Kyeong Kim

UNLABELLED: The sensitivity of (18)F-FDG PET to localize epileptogenic zones in frontal lobe epilepsy was evaluated by both visual assessment and statistical parametric mapping (SPM). METHODS: Twenty-nine patients with frontal lobe epilepsy were examined. All patients showed good outcome after surgical resection (Engel class I or II). On pathologic examination, 22 patients had cortical dysplasia, 4 had tumors, 1 had cortical scars, and 2 had an old infarct. Hypometabolic lesions were found on (1

UNLABELLED: Because limited resection could yield an equally good surgical outcome as standard anterior resection in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), the differentiation of medial from lateral TLE is important. We tried to find the differential features in metabolic abnormalities between medial and lateral TLE groups using quantitative analysis including statistical parametric mapping (SPM). METHODS: We examined 113 (18)F-FDG PET scans of TLE patients who had surgically and pathologically proven le

BACKGROUND: γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) plasticity plays an important role in stroke motor recovery in a mouse model. However, little is known about changes over time in neuronal excitability mediated by GABA receptors in human stroke patients. OBJECTIVES: To establish the mechanism of neuroplasticity during the recovery phase following ischemic stroke by assessing the changes in cerebral GABA activity using [(18)F]flumazenil ([(18)F]FMZ) positron emission tomography (PET). METHODS: A total of 10

The aim of this study was to identify brain areas related to apathy or depression in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). Eighty-one AD patients were enrolled in this prospective study. (99m)Tc-HMPAO single photon emission computed tomography was performed to evaluate regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). According to the Neuropsychiatric Inventory subscores of apathy and depression, 9 patients were classified as clinically significant (cs) depressed and non-cs-apathetic (D+) groups and 9 were c

INTRODUCTION: Defective visual information processing contributes to visual hallucination in PD, for which "top-down" and "bottom-up" impairment are suggested mechanisms. This study was aimed to investigate macro- and microstructural neural changes in afferent visual pathways in relation to visual hallucination in nondemented PD patients. METHODS: This study included 24 nondemented, nondepressed PD patients (10 hallucinating and 14 nonhallucinating) and 15 age-matched healthy controls. We analyz

In vivo imaging of mGluR5 using [11C]ABP688 microPET/CT could successfully reveal the regional changes of mGluR5 binding potential of the rat brain in a pilocarpine-induced epilepsy model. The temporal and spatial changes in mGluR5 availability suggest [11C]ABP688 PET imaging in epilepsy provide abnormal glutamatergic network during epileptogenesis.

BACKGROUND: It remains unclear whether and how the isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD)-related metabolic pattern (RBDRP) changes with disease progression in iRBD. OBJECTIVE: To examine longitudinal changes in RBDRP expression in iRBD patients and to explore trajectories of relative metabolic activities of individual brain regions constituting RBDRP. METHODS: F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans at baseline and at the 2-year and/or 4-year follow-ups

Background Mild behavioral impairment (MBI) is a neurobehavioral syndrome characterized by later life emergence of sustained neuropsychiatric symptoms, as an at-risk state for dementia. However, the associations between MBI and a risk of progression to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and its neuroanatomical correlates in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are still unclear. Method A total 1,184 older adults with amnestic MCI was followed for a mean of 3.1 ± 2.0 years. MBI was approximated using a transfor

BACKGROUND: Postviral olfactory loss after upper respiratory tract infection (URI) is not uncommon. However, its exact location and nature are not fully understood. Although it is likely to be caused by a direct damage of olfactory epithelium, a damage of the central pathway has also been suspected as its possible mechanism. This study will show basal metabolism in the brain of patients with postviral olfactory loss using fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG PET). METHODS: Nine p