[SPECT scanning] in Some TBI Patients Show Dopamine Pathway Deficits

New TBI Study

Iodinated SPECT scans in 42 patients with history of TBI at least 6 months previously showed that mean levels of the dopamine transporter (DAT) molecule were significantly lower than in a group of 20 unaffected control individuals, reported Peter Jenkins, BMBCh, of Imperial College London, at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting.

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