Browsing by Keyword "Positron emission tomography"

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    • Increased in vivo glial activation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Assessed with [11C]-PBR28 

      Zürcher, Nicole R.; Loggia, Marco L.; Lawson, Robert; Chonde, Daniel B.; Izquierdo-Garcia, David; Yasek, Julia E.; Akeju, Oluwaseun; Catana, Ciprian; Rosen, Bruce R.; Cudkowicz, Merit E.; Hooker, Jacob M.; Atassi, Nazem (Elsevier, 2015)
      Evidence from human post mortem, in vivo and animal model studies implicates the neuroimmune system and activated microglia in the pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The study aim was to further evaluate in vivo ...

    • Reduced pulmonary blood flow in regions of injury 2 hours after acid aspiration in rats 

      Richter, Torsten; Bergmann, Ralf; Musch, Guido; Pietzsch, Jens; Koch, Thea (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Aspiration-induced lung injury can decrease gas exchange and increase mortality. Acute lung injury following acid aspiration is characterized by elevated pulmonary blood flow (PBF) in damaged lung areas in the ...