Revascularisation surgery improves cognition in adult patients with moyamoya disease

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Mar;91(3):332-334. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2019-321069. Epub 2019 Dec 13.

Authors

Toshihiko Ando^{1

2}, Yasuyoshi Shimada^{1

2}, Shunrou Fujiwara¹, Kenji Yoshida¹, Masakazu Kobayashi^{1

2}, Yoshitaka Kubo¹, Kazunori Terasaki², Satoshi Ando¹, Kuniaki Ogasawara^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
² Cyclotron Research Center, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan kuogasa@iwate-med.ac.jp.

PMID: 31836638
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2019-321069

No abstract available

Keywords: cerebral metabolism; cerebrovascular disease; cognition; pet; surgery.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebral Revascularization*
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Cognition / physiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Moyamoya Disease / diagnostic imaging
Moyamoya Disease / psychology*
Moyamoya Disease / surgery*
Positron-Emission Tomography