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Reduced presynaptic dopamine activity in fibromyalgia syndrome demonstrated with positron emission tomography: a pilot study

Wood PB, Patterson JC, 2nd, Sunderland JJ, Tainter KH, Glabus MF, Lilien DL. Reduced presynaptic dopamine activity in fibromyalgia syndrome demonstrated with positron emission tomography: a pilot study. J Pain. January 2007;8(1):51-58.

Publication Date
January 2007

How Analyze was Used
“Image data from the last 20 minutes of acquisition were summed, and these images were then exported, converted to Analyze 7.5 (AnalyzeDirect, Lenexa, KS) format, and then underwent further processing in Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM99)64 program.”

Keywords
Adult
Dopamine/analogs & derivatives/diagnostic use/metabolism
Female
Fibromyalgia/metabolism/radionuclide imaging
Functional Laterality/physiology
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Limbic System/radionuclide imaging
Middle Aged
Pain Measurement
Pilot Projects
Positron-Emission Tomography (PET)
Presynaptic Terminals/metabolism
Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use

Author Affiliation(s)
Departments of Family Medicine and Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, US. (PBW)

Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, US. (PBW, JCP)

PET Imaging Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, US. (JCP, JJS, KHT, MFG, DLL)

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