{"id":7463,"date":"2022-02-02T17:10:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/neurology-epilepsy\/"},"modified":"2022-02-02T17:10:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:10:17","slug":"neurology-epilepsy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/en-gb\/neurology-epilepsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurology &#8211; Epilepsy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section id=\"res-text-bild-block_61a62b123d5be\" class=\"res-block res-text-bild alignwide layout01 py-4\" style=\"background: transparent;\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container-off\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n\n\t\t\t  <style>\n\t\t\t @media only screen and (min-width: 970px) {\n\t\t\t  #res-text-bild-block_61a62b123d5be.res-text-bild .layout-1 .txt-imagebox.offset-md-1 {margin-left: 5%;}\n\t\t\t  #res-text-bild-block_61a62b123d5be.res-text-bild .layout-1 .txt-box.offset-md-1 {margin-left: 5%;}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t \n\t\t  <\/style>\n\n\n        <div class=\"layout-1 row flex-row-reverse\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7 txt-box offset-md-1\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   <h1>Epilepsy<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"txt-text postContent pt-2 pt-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <p>For patients with epilepsy a PET scan is used to localize the part of the brain that is causing the seizure activity. There are various PET tracers to measure glucose, serotonin and oxygen metabolism, cerebral blood flow and receptor binding in epilepsy. Imaging brain glucose metabolism with\u00a0<sup>18<\/sup>Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) PET is the most commonly utilized technique in routine clinical practice (<a class=\"brand-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4620171\/\">1<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"small\"><a class=\"brand-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4620171\/\">(1) Sarikaya I. (2015). PET studies in epilepsy. <em>American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging<\/em>,\u00a0<em>5 <\/em>(5), 416\u2013430.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <p class=\"txt-arrow pt-1 pl-md-2\"><a class=\"scrollerTo\" href=\"#sektion02\"><i class=\"fal fa-chevron-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md mb-2 mt-md-1 txt-imagebox \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Epilepsy-960x504-1-800x800.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 txt-img\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Epilepsy-960x504-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Epilepsy-960x504-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"sektion02\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"res-text-bild-block_61f7ed9e17e66\" class=\"res-block res-text-bild alignfull layout01 py-4\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n  <div class=\"inner-container container-wide\" data-aos=\"res-fadeIn\">\n\n\t\t\t  <style>\n\t\t\t @media only screen and (min-width: 970px) {\n\t\t\t  #res-text-bild-block_61f7ed9e17e66.res-text-bild .layout-1 .txt-imagebox.offset-md-1 {margin-left: 3%;}\n\t\t\t  #res-text-bild-block_61f7ed9e17e66.res-text-bild .layout-1 .txt-box.offset-md-1 {margin-left: 3%;}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t \n\t\t  <\/style>\n\n\n        <div class=\"layout-1 row \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7 txt-box \">\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Why brain PET in Epilepsy?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"txt-text postContent pt-2 pt-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <p>Brain PET is prescribed to help identify the area of the brain where partial seizures arise. Furthermore, it may be done in the period between seizures (the interictal period) and most insurance providers pay for PET scans for patients who are being evaluated for epilepsy surgery.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn  btn-primary \" href=\"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PET-and-Epilepsy.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Download Review<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md mb-2 mt-md-1 txt-imagebox offset-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PET-and-Epilepsy-1.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 txt-img\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PET-and-Epilepsy-1.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PET-and-Epilepsy-1-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7463","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positrigo.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}