Clinical trials: Brain Neoplasm, Malignant
Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Neoplasm
PET Scan of Brain Metabolism in Relation to Age and Disease
The main source of energy for the brain comes from a combination of oxygen and glucose (sugar). For brain cells to function normally they must receive a constant supply of these nutrients.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Neoplasm, Niemann Pick Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00001972
- Testing
- 15 O Water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)