2018
2181 Age-related change in 5-HT6 receptor availability in healthy male volunteers measured with 11C-GSK215083 PET
Radhakrishnan R, Nabulsi N, Gaiser E, Gallezot J, Henry S, Planeta B, Lin S, Ropchan J, Williams W, Morris E, D’Souza D, Huang Y, Carson R, Matuskey D. 2181 Age-related change in 5-HT6 receptor availability in healthy male volunteers measured with 11C-GSK215083 PET. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2018, 2: 3-4. PMCID: PMC6799074, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2018.44.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReceptor availabilityEffect of ageHealthy male volunteersSerotonin receptor 6Healthy male subjectsPotential therapeutic targetSignificant age-related declineMultilinear analysis-1 (MA1) methodAge-related changesAge-related declineMale volunteersTherapeutic targetNegative correlationTime-activity curvesReceptor 6PET ligandMale subjectsBrain regionsCortical regionsVentral striatumAgePutamenStriatumCaudateReference region
2015
Imaging robust microglial activation after lipopolysaccharide administration in humans with PET
Sandiego CM, Gallezot JD, Pittman B, Nabulsi N, Lim K, Lin SF, Matuskey D, Lee JY, O’Connor K, Huang Y, Carson RE, Hannestad J, Cosgrove KP. Imaging robust microglial activation after lipopolysaccharide administration in humans with PET. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 12468-12473. PMID: 26385967, PMCID: PMC4603509, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1511003112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicroglial activationBrain microglial activationLPS administrationInflammatory cytokinesLPS challengeRobust microglial activationSystemic LPS challengeActivation of microgliaInnate immune cellsVital sign changesHealthy male subjectsEscherichia coli lipopolysaccharidePositron emission tomography (PET) radiotracerNeuroinflammatory responseSystemic inflammationLipopolysaccharide administrationAntiinflammatory effectsBlood levelsImmune cellsNew medicationsSystemic administrationColi lipopolysaccharidePET scansPsychiatric diseasesMale subjectsTest–retest reproducibility of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 ligand [18F]FPEB with bolus plus constant infusion in humans
Park E, Sullivan JM, Planeta B, Gallezot JD, Lim K, Lin SF, Ropchan J, McCarthy TJ, Ding YS, Morris ED, Williams WA, Huang Y, Carson RE. Test–retest reproducibility of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 ligand [18F]FPEB with bolus plus constant infusion in humans. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2015, 42: 1530-1541. PMID: 26044120, PMCID: PMC5467218, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-015-3094-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVolume of distributionAbsolute test-retest variabilityCerebellar white matterTest-retest reproducibilityMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Venous blood measurementsGlutamate receptor 5Healthy male subjectsPromising PET radioligandArterial blood concentrationPET imaging tracerTest-retest variabilityTwo-tissue compartment modelRegional BPNDVenous bloodBlood concentrationsArterial bloodReceptor 5Constant infusionMale subjectsWhite matterBlood measurementsGray matterNeuropsychiatric diseasesPET radioligand