Tumors Affect the Metabolic Connectivity of the Human Brain Measured by 18F-FDG PET.

Pasquini Luca Mehrnaz Jenabi Maya GrahamKyung K PeckHeiko SchöderAndrei I Holodny Simone Krebs

Published in: Clinical nuclear medicine (2024)

Tumors cause reorganization of metabolic brain networks, characterized by formation of new connections and decreased centrality. Patients with frontal tumors retained a more efficient, centralized, and segregated network than patients with temporal tumors. Stronger metabolic connectivity was associated with higher KPS.

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