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Table 2 Tissue distribution volumes of different VOIs

From: PET imaging of brain inflammation during early epileptogenesis in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Brain region (V t)

Hemisphere

Control (N = 4)

KASE (N = 4)

Increase (%)

Frontal cortex

Left

5.4 ± 1.0

11.3 ± 2.4§

108

 

Right

5.7 ± 1.2

11.2 ± 2.4§

98

Striatum

Left

2.8 ± 0.6

8.0 ± 1.2*

180

 

Right

3.0 ± 0.5

7.8 ± 1.1*

156

Parietal cortex

Left

4.5 ± 0.6

9.5 ± 1.1§

110

 

Right

4.9 ± 0.8

11.6 ± 2.0*

136

Hippocampus

Left

3.6 ± 0.5

9.1 ± 1.1**

154

 

Right

3.6 ± 0.4

9.4 ± 1.6*

159

Thalamus

Left

2.6 ± 0.5

7.0 ± 1.8§

173

 

Right

2.8 ± 0.5

7.1 ± 1.4*

155

Hypothalamus

 

4.0 ± 0.7

8.2 ± 1.4§

104

Amygdala

Left

5.3 ± 0.8

20.6 ± 2.8**

288

 

Right

6.1 ± 0.7

23.4 ± 4.8*

284

Occipital cortex

Left

9.8 ± 3.4

15.1 ± 3.5

53

 

Right

9.3 ± 1.4

15.0 ± 1.4*

62

Colliculi

Left

4.0 ± 1.0

5.8 ± 1.1

44

 

Right

4.1 ± 1.1

6.9 ± 1.8

70

Brainstem

 

4.7 ± 0.8

6.7 ± 1.0

41

Pons

 

4.2 ± 0.9

7.5 ± 1.8

78

Cerebellum

 

7.5 ± 0.8

10.6 ± 1.3

43

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; § P < 0.1, *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 compared to control.