Imaging of Glutamate Concentration in Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Tracy S Gertler; Cynthia V Stack

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-1-2

Imaging of Glutamate Concentration in Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2017 Jan;31(1):2. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-1-2.

Authors

Tracy S Gertler¹, Cynthia V Stack¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

Investigators from Wayne State University studied a cohort of children with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and epilepsy using both glucose-based positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to evaluate metabolic activity and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) to evaluate glutamate turnover.

Keywords: Glutamate; Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI); Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS).

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