Imaging signal transduction via arachidonic acid in the human brain during visual stimulation, by means of positron emission tomography
- 15 February 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in NeuroImage
- Vol. 34 (4), 1342-1351
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.11.018
Abstract
Arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6), an important second messenger, is released from membrane phospholipid following receptor mediated activation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2). This signaling process can be imaged in brain as a regional brain AA incorporation coefficient K*.Keywords
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