2019
Imaging histamine H3 receptors with [18F]FMH3: Test–retest and occupancy studies in the non‐human primate
Sandiego CM, Barret O, Lee H, Alagille D, Amenta A, Fowles K, Holden D, Seibyl JP, Tamagnan G. Imaging histamine H3 receptors with [18F]FMH3: Test–retest and occupancy studies in the non‐human primate. Synapse 2019, 73: e22096. PMID: 30835877, DOI: 10.1002/syn.22096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsABT-239Non-human primatesClinical investigationPositron emission tomography radioligandVolume of distributionReceptor subtype 3Histamine H3 receptorsDose-dependent effectAdult female baboonsPET brain scansBrain stemPlasma levelsSleep abnormalitiesBaseline scanH3 receptorsTomography radioligandOccupancy studiesCognitive disordersSubtype 3Brain scansBrain regionsCortical regionsPET studiesCiproxifanBaseline V
2017
Microglial depletion and activation: A [11C]PBR28 PET study in nonhuman primates
Hillmer AT, Holden D, Fowles K, Nabulsi N, West BL, Carson RE, Cosgrove KP. Microglial depletion and activation: A [11C]PBR28 PET study in nonhuman primates. EJNMMI Research 2017, 7: 59. PMID: 28741281, PMCID: PMC5524658, DOI: 10.1186/s13550-017-0305-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain microgliaTranslocator proteinAcute lipopolysaccharide administrationArterial blood samplingPositron emission tomography (PET) imagingReceptor kinase inhibitorMicroglia changesLipopolysaccharide administrationNeuroimmune functionMicroglial depletionMicroglia dynamicsTSPO levelsBlood samplingPET studiesOne animalKinase inhibitorsTomography imagingBaselineConclusionsThese studiesBrainMicrogliaImaging paradigmMacaca mulattaPreliminary evidenceImportant target
2016
Imaging synaptic density in the living human brain
Finnema SJ, Nabulsi NB, Eid T, Detyniecki K, Lin SF, Chen MK, Dhaher R, Matuskey D, Baum E, Holden D, Spencer DD, Mercier J, Hannestad J, Huang Y, Carson RE. Imaging synaptic density in the living human brain. Science Translational Medicine 2016, 8: 348ra96. PMID: 27440727, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf6667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic densityPositron emission tomographyPET imagingSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2ATemporal lobe epilepsyNumerous brain disordersCentral nervous systemNumber of synapsesJ PET imagingHuman brainHuman PET studiesPredominant neuronsSurgical resectionSynaptic lossLobe epilepsyPsychiatric disordersNervous systemBrain disordersPresynaptic boutonsAlzheimer's diseaseBrain tissueEmission tomographyNeuron contactsTherapeutic monitoringPET studies