Gender differences in cerebral metabolism for color processing in mice: A PET/MRI Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Color processing is a central component of mammalian vision. Gender-related differences of color processing revealed by non-invasive functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound suggested right hemisphere pattern for blue/yellow chromatic opponency by men, and a left hemisphere pattern by women.

Materials and methods

The present study measured the accumulation of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) in mouse brain using small animal positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) with statistical parametric mapping (SPM) during light stimulation with blue and yellow filters compared to darkness condition.

Results

PET revealed a reverse pattern relative to dark condition compared to previous human studies: Male mice presented with left vi

SUBMITTER: Njemanze PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5516971 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature