Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 58-72 , 30 October 2008

Changes in glucose metabolism due to aging and gender-related differences in the healthy human brain

  • Toshiro Fujimoto

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    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7–3-1 Hongo, Bumkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113–8655, Japan
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  • Tetsuro Matsumoto

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    • Fujimoto Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 17–4, Hayasuzu-cho, Miyakonojyo-city, Miyazaki, 885–0055, Japan
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  • Seigo Fujita

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    • Fujimoto Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 17–4, Hayasuzu-cho, Miyakonojyo-city, Miyazaki, 885–0055, Japan
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  • Kouzou Takeuchi

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    • Fujimoto Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 17–4, Hayasuzu-cho, Miyakonojyo-city, Miyazaki, 885–0055, Japan
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  • Katsumi Nakamura

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  • Yoshio Mitsuyama

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    • Daigo Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 1270, Nagata, Mimata-cho, Miyazaki, 889–1911, Japan
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  • Nobumasa Kato

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    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7–3-1 Hongo, Bumkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113–8655, Japan
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Received 25 October 2005 ,Revised 20 November 2006 ,Accepted 23 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.12.014

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 58-72 , 30 October 2008

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