Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 183-189 , February 2009

Measurement of glucose metabolism in rat spinal cord slices with dynamic positron autoradiography

  • Xiaoping Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510100, China
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  • Tatsuya Asai

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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  • Koichi Morioka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery II, University of Fukui, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
    • ,
  • Kenzo Uchida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Fukui, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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  • Hisatoshi Baba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Fukui, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
    • ,
  • Kuniyoshi Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery II, University of Fukui, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
    • ,
  • Jian Zhuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510100, China
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  • Hidehiko Okazawa

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
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  • Yasuhisa Fujibayashi

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 776 61 8491; fax: +81 776 61 8171.

Received 1 October 2008 ,Revised 10 November 2008 ,Accepted 19 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2008.11.011

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 183-189 , February 2009

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