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The classical stroop interference task as a prefrontal activation probe: a validation study using 99Tcm-ECD brain

K Audenaert1, P Lahorte, B Brans

  • 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium. kurt.audenaert@rug.ac.be

Nuclear Medicine Communications
|March 22, 2001
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Brain imaging using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is feasible during neuropsychological testing. This study demonstrated SPECT

Area of Science:

  • Neuroimaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Nuclear Medicine

Background:

  • Neuropsychological tests assess cognitive function.
  • Prefrontal cortex activation is crucial for executive functions.
  • Functional brain imaging techniques like SPECT can detect task-related neural activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the feasibility of brain SPECT functional imaging within a neuropsychological test setting.
  • To assess the utility of the Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT) as a prefrontal activation task for SPECT.
  • To validate a split-dose protocol for single-day SPECT imaging.

Main Methods:

  • Ten healthy volunteers underwent a split-dose SPECT protocol using 99Tcm-ethyl cysteinate dimer.
  • Participants performed the Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT) twice.

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  • Image reconstruction utilized filtered back-projection; Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM96) analyzed voxelwise changes.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant activation clusters were identified in the medial prefrontal cortex (left hemisphere) and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (right hemisphere).
    • Findings align with previous fMRI and PET studies on Stroop-like tasks.
    • The split-dose SPECT protocol proved technically and practically feasible.

    Conclusions:

    • Brain SPECT imaging is a viable method for assessing prefrontal activation during neuropsychological tasks.
    • The SCWT is a suitable task for eliciting measurable brain activity with SPECT.
    • This approach offers a feasible option for functional brain imaging in clinical and research settings.