Authors
S Pappata, M Levasseur, RN Gunn, R Myers, C Crouzel, A Syrota, T Jones, GW Kreutzberg, RB Banati
Publication date
2000/10/10
Journal
Neurology
Volume
55
Issue
7
Pages
1052-1054
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Description
Article abstract Using quantitative PET, the authors studied the binding of [11C]PK11195, a marker of activated microglia, in the thalamus of patients with chronic middle cerebral artery infarcts. All patients showed increased [11C]PK11195 binding in the ipsilateral thalamus, indicating the activation of microglia in degenerating projection areas remote from the primary lesion. A persistent increase in [11C]PK11195 binding suggests active, long-term thalamic microstructural changes after corticothalamic connection damage.
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