Siemens Inveon PET was used in this study [21 (link)]. Regional cerebral glucose metabolism was measured using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET. Before PET scanning, mice (n = 10 per group, female) fasted for at least 8 h, after which they were anesthetized with 2% isoflurane in 100% oxygen (Forane solution, Choongwae Pharma, Seoul, Korea). During PET scanning, the body temperature was maintained at 36 °C with heating pads. Then, 200 μCi of 18F-FDG was injected through a tail vein. After 30 min of uptake, 30-min emission PET data were acquired with an energy window of 350–650 keV. Emission list-mode data were sorted into three-dimensional (3D) sinograms and reconstructed using 3D reprojection algorithms. No filter was applied. The image matrix measured 256 × 256 × 159, the pixel size was 0.155 × 0.155 mm2, and the slice thickness was 0.796 mm.
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