Spontaneous Recovery of Reduced Cortical Central Benzodiazepine Receptor Binding Potential on I-123 Iomazenil SPECT in a Patient With Status Epilepticus

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki Kuroda ◽  
Kuniaki Ogasawara ◽  
Kenta Aso ◽  
Takaaki Beppu ◽  
Masakazu Kobayashi ◽  
...  
1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 634-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. P.L.G. VERHOEFF ◽  
B. ERBAS ◽  
O. KAPUCU ◽  
E. BUSEMANN SOKOLE ◽  
H. BLOK ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-227
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Murakami ◽  
Hiroshi Kashimura ◽  
Hidehiko Endo ◽  
Hiroki Kuroda ◽  
Kuniaki Ogasawara

Early 123I-iomazenil single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images are correlated with blood flow in the brain, and late images are correlated with cortical benzodiazepine receptor binding potential. Reduced metabolism in the contralateral cerebral hemisphere is indicated by crossed cerebellar hypoperfusion (CCH). We present the case of a 63-year-old man who developed symptomatic epilepsy 13 days after surgery for an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Early images on 123I-iomazenil SPECT 2 days after seizure onset revealed CCH and hyperperfusion in the affected cerebral hemisphere where benzodiazepine receptor binding potential was reduced in late images on 123I-iomazenil SPECT. These abnormal findings resolved on repeated 123I-iomazenil SPECT 1 month after seizure onset. The case we present here is consistent with the idea that the central benzodiazepine receptor system in the human brain undergoes changes that are related to seizures due to epilepsy.


Neurology ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 1998-1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Henry ◽  
K. A. Frey ◽  
J. C. Sackellares ◽  
S. Gilman ◽  
R. A. Koeppe ◽  
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