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Imaging biomarkers of behavioral impairments: A pilot micro-positron emission tomographic study in a rat electrical post-status epilepticus model.

R Maarten van DijkValentina Di LibertoMatthias BrendelAnn Marie WaldronChristina MöllerFranz Josef GildehausBarbara von Ungern-SternbergMagdalena LindnerSibylle ZieglerRainer HellwegPeter GassPeter BartensteinHeidrun Potschka
Published in: Epilepsia (2018)
In the electrically induced post-status epilepticus rat model, we demonstrated hippocampal hypometabolism and its correlation with a range of neurobehavioral alterations. These findings require further confirmation in other preclinical models and patients with epilepsy and psychiatric disorders to address the value of [18 F]FDG uptake as an imaging biomarker candidate for psychiatric comorbidities in patients as well as for severity assessment in rodent epilepsy models.
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