1999
Bolus Injection Versus Slow Infusion of [15O]Water for Positron Emission Tomography Activation Studies
Beason-Held L, Desmond R, Herscovitch P, Carson R. Bolus Injection Versus Slow Infusion of [15O]Water for Positron Emission Tomography Activation Studies. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 1999, 19: 843-852. PMID: 10458591, DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199908000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdultBrainBrain MappingCerebrovascular CirculationFaceFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedInfusions, IntravenousInjections, IntravenousMemory, Short-TermModels, CardiovascularModels, NeurologicalOxygen RadioisotopesPattern Recognition, VisualReference ValuesRegional Blood FlowSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, Emission-ComputedWater
1997
Regional cerebral blood flow throughout the sleep-wake cycle. An H2(15)O PET study.
Braun AR, Balkin TJ, Wesenten NJ, Carson RE, Varga M, Baldwin P, Selbie S, Belenky G, Herscovitch P. Regional cerebral blood flow throughout the sleep-wake cycle. An H2(15)O PET study. Brain 1997, 120: 1173-1197. PMID: 9236630, DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.7.1173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSlow-wave sleepSleep-wake cycleHeteromodal association areasREM sleepBasal gangliaSensory cortexState-dependent changesAssociation cortexAssociation areasRegional cerebral blood flowRapid eye movement (REM) sleepActivity of limbicMesial temporal cortexCerebral blood flowEye movement sleepSecondary sensory cortexNormal male volunteersCharacteristics of sleepHeteromodal association cortexFrontoparietal association cortexUnimodal sensory areasREM sleep stateStages of sleepStatistical parametric mappingCentrencephalic structures
1995
Physiological activation of a cortical network during performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: A positron emission tomography study
Berman K, Ostrem J, Randolph C, Gold J, Goldberg T, Coppola R, Carson R, Herscovitch P, Weinberger D. Physiological activation of a cortical network during performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: A positron emission tomography study. Neuropsychologia 1995, 33: 1027-1046. PMID: 8524452, DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00035-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWisconsin Card Sorting TestDorsolateral prefrontal cortexCard Sorting TestSorting TestSensorimotor control taskPhysiological activationInferior parietal lobuleInferior temporal cortexCognitive operationsPrefrontal lesionsMemory componentsNeuropsychological testsVisual associationParietal lobulePositron emission tomographyPrefrontal cortexNeural circuitryControl taskCortical networksTemporal cortexWCST activationExperiential phenomenaFrontal cortexPositron emission tomography studyRegional cerebral blood flow
1982
Measurement of Local Blood Flow and Distribution Volume with Short-Lived Isotopes: A General Input Technique
Huang S, Carson R, Phelps M. Measurement of Local Blood Flow and Distribution Volume with Short-Lived Isotopes: A General Input Technique. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 1982, 2: 99-108. PMID: 6977546, DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1982.11.Peer-Reviewed Original Research