Likewise, a study utilizing FDG-PET imaging of brain glucose metabolism revealed that PD is characterized by hypermetabolism in the putamen, pallidum, thalamic sensorimotor cortex, pons, and cerebellum, along with relative hypometabolism in the posterior temporal-parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and occasionally the frontal lobe, particularly in PD patients with cognitive impairment [36]
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