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Atastor · Answer 1 · 2024-06-08T21:02:41+0000

PET scanning with the radiotracer fluorine-18-dihydroxyphenylalanine (F-18-DOPA) is a marker of dopamine activity of those same nerve cells as DaTs. By revealing a dopamine deficiency, F-18-DOPA PET scanning is used to help diagnose Parkinson's disease and distinguish it from other neurological conditions.

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