Postsurgical Cerebral Perfusion Changes in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Statistical Parametric Mapping Study of SPECT Images
Maria Mataró, PhD1,2,
Maria A. Poca, PhD2,
Pilar Salgado-Pineda, PhD1,
Joan Castell-Conesa, PhD3,
Juan Sahuquillo, PhD2,
Maria Jesús Díez-Castro, MD3,
Santiago Aguadé-Bruix, PhD3,
Pere Vendrell, PhD1,
Maria del Mar Matarín, MS1 and
Carme Junqué, PhD1,4
1 Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2 Service of Neurosurgery, Vall dHebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
3 Service of Nuclear Medicine, Vall dHebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
4 Institut dInvestigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain

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FIGURE 1. Postshunt improvement in gait, cognition, and sphincter functioning according to NPH scale.
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FIGURE 2. MR brain image shows areas of significantly increased perfusion. FLS = fasciculus longitudinalis superior; BA = Brodmanns area.
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FIGURE 3. Image shows 2 areas most related to clinical improvement from regression analysis.
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