Regional cerebral metabolic rate for glucose and cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Abstract

Regional cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (rCMRglu) and cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites were measured in two cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) with different clinical courses. A marked decrease in rCMRglu was found in the cortical gray matter of a patient with rapidly developing SSPE (3.6-4.2 mg/100 g brain tissue/min). However, the rCMRglu was preserved in the caudate and lenticular nuclei of the patient (7.7 mg/100 g/min). The rCMRglu in a patient with slowly developing SSPE revealed patterns and values similar to those of the control. Cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites; homovanilic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, were decreased in both rapidly and slowly developing SSPE. These data indicated that rCMRglu correlated better with the neurological and psychological status and that dopaminergic and serotonergic abnormalities have been implicated in pathophysiology of SSPE.

• Authors: K Yanai, S Miyabayashi, K Iinuma, K Tada, H Fukuda, M Ito, T Matsuzawa
• Journal: The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine (Tohoku J Exp Med) Vol. 152 Issue 2 Pg. 103-9 (Jun 1987) ISSN: 0040-8727 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 2442847 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
• Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
• Deoxyglucose
• Homovanillic Acid

Topics

• Adolescent
• Cerebral Cortex (metabolism)
• Child
• Corpus Striatum (metabolism)
• Deoxyglucose (analogs & derivatives, metabolism)
• Female
• Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
• Homovanillic Acid (cerebrospinal fluid)
• Humans
• Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid (cerebrospinal fluid)
• Male
• Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (cerebrospinal fluid, metabolism)
• Telencephalon (metabolism)