Greater left cerebral hemispheric metabolism in bulimia assessed by positron emission tomography

Joseph C. Wu,Jennifer Hagman,Monte S. Buchsbaum,Barton J. Blinder,M. Derrfler,Win Ye Tai,Erin A. Hazlett,Nancy Sicotte

Greater left cerebral hemispheric metabolism in bulimia assessed by positron emission tomography

1990

Joseph C. Wu
Jennifer Hagman
Monte S. Buchsbaum
Barton J. Blinder
M. Derrfler
Win Ye Tai
Erin A. Hazlett
Nancy Sicotte

Eight women with bulimia and eight age- and sex-matched normal control subjects were studied with positron emission tomography using [ 18 F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) as a tracer of brain metabolic rate. Subjects performed a visual vigilance task during FDG uptake

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Psychology
Positron emission tomography
Computed tomography
Vigilance (psychology)
Emission computed tomography
Nuclear medicine
Clinical psychology
fdg uptake
Internal medicine
Anorexia
Cardiology
Basal ganglia
Metabolism
right hemisphere
Cerebral hemisphere

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