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This chapter summarizes the panel discussion on the use of brain imaging to study behavioral functions and presents recommendations for future research in this area. The first part of the discussion focused on arousal-related neural systems mediating non-specific effects that are common in behavioral activation. It was suggested that non-specific activity changes related to arousal effects could be identified and separated from specific effects in 2-DG experiments in various ways. The ability to separate these effects depends on the control conditions in the particular experiment and the relationship of the results to common changes found in other studies with arousing effects, e.g., presentation of an aversive and rewarding stimuli. The second part dealt with technical considerations in the quantification of autoradiographs focused on the use of pseudo-color scales versus densitometric profiles, determination of the regions of interest for analysis, choice of film and processing factors for autoradiography and the use of perfusion. The discussion concluded with the role of statistics in 2-DG evaluations. Although adequate statistical analyses are necessary in most studies, it was noted that classical statistical techniques may not be suited for 2-DG data.
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Finkenstädt, T., Gonzalez-Lima, F., Mcintosh, A.R. (1992). Discussions on Brain Imaging of Behavioral Functions. In: Gonzalez-Lima, F., Finkenstädt, T., Scheich, H. (eds) Advances in Metabolic Mapping Techniques for Brain Imaging of Behavioral and Learning Functions. NATO ASI Series, vol 68. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2712-7_19
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