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... Source: Marcus Raichle, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
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... is an invaluable tool in clinical practice today, as well as in neuroscientific research. Here, the crosssectional image of a patient's head clearly discloses the shape and location of a tumor (the egg-shaped yellow mass in the right hemisphere)
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... PET has been useful as a research tool in revealing general patterns of brain activity that characterize panic disorder. Source: Marcus Raichle, Washington University School of Medicine, St.
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... . Source: Marcus Raichle, Washington University School of Medicine, St.
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  • characterize panic
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  • panic disorder
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  • brain tissue
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