ACCEPTED Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. Spine Publish Ahead of Print DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000895 Physiological activity of spinal cord in children. An 18 F-FDG PET-CT study Silvia Taralli, MD 1 , Lucia Leccisotti, MD 1 , Maria Vittoria Mattoli, MD 1 , Paola Castaldi, MD 1 , Chiara de Waure, MD 2 , Agostino Mancuso, MD 2 , Vittoria Rufini, MD 1 1) Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy 2) Institute of Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy Corresponding Author and reprint requests: Lucia Leccisotti, MD Institute of Nuclear Medicine Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy e-mail: lucia.leccisotti@rm.unicatt.it telephone: 0039.06.30156357; fax number: 0039.06.3058185 The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s). No funds were received in support of this work. No relevant financial activities outside the submitted work. ACCEPTED