Comment on “Microglial activation states drive glucose uptake and FDG-PET alterations in neurodegenerative diseases”
Eduardo R. Zimmer, Tharick A. Pascoal, Pedro Rosa‐Neto, Agneta Nordberg, Luc Pellerin
Abstract
Astrocytes might be the major contributor to the radioactive signal captured by PET in the microglia-dependent modulation of FDG-PET.
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MicrogliaNeurosciencePet imagingPositron emission tomographyMedicineNeurodegenerationBiologyPathologyInflammationInternal medicineDiseaseNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsImmune cells in cancerNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments