Webster Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function

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Figure 15.1MPET scans in normal and Parkinsonian patients.

A PET scan with [18F] fluorodopa in a control subject shows that the striatum is heavily labelled whilst in a Parkinson patient with established symptoms there is little labelling. This patient’s twin, whilst free of symptoms, also showed some loss of labelling and subsequently developed the disorder. Reproduced by kind permission of D Brooks, MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, UK.

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