Takuya Toyonaga, MD, PhD

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• The regional pattern of age-related synaptic loss in the human brain differs from gray matter volume loss: in vivo PET measurement with [11C]UCB-J

  Toyonaga T, Khattar N, Wu Y, Lu Y, Naganawa M, Gallezot J, Matuskey D, Mecca A, Pittman B, Dias M, Nabulsi N, Finnema S, Chen M, Arnsten A, Radhakrishnan R, Skosnik P, D’Souza D, Esterlis I, Huang Y, van Dyck C, Carson R. The regional pattern of age-related synaptic loss in the human brain differs from gray matter volume loss: in vivo PET measurement with [11C]UCB-J. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2023, 51: 1012-1022. PMID: 37955791, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-023-06487-8.

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• Imaging the fetal nonhuman primate brain with SV2A positron emission tomography (PET)

  Rossano S, Toyonaga T, Berg E, Lorence I, Fowles K, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Li S, Ye Y, Felchner Z, Kukis D, Huang Y, Benveniste H, Tarantal AF, Groman S, Carson RE. Imaging the fetal nonhuman primate brain with SV2A positron emission tomography (PET). European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2022, 49: 3679-3691. PMID: 35633376, PMCID: PMC9826644, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05825-6.

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• PET Imaging of Synaptic Density: Challenges and Opportunities of Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A PET in Small Animal Imaging

  Toyonaga T, Fesharaki-Zadeh A, Strittmatter SM, Carson RE, Cai Z. PET Imaging of Synaptic Density: Challenges and Opportunities of Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A PET in Small Animal Imaging. Frontiers In Neuroscience 2022, 16: 787404. PMID: 35345546, PMCID: PMC8957200, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.787404.

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• Deep learning–based attenuation correction for whole-body PET — a multi-tracer study with 18F-FDG, 68 Ga-DOTATATE, and 18F-Fluciclovine

  Toyonaga T, Shao D, Shi L, Zhang J, Revilla EM, Menard D, Ankrah J, Hirata K, Chen MK, Onofrey JA, Lu Y. Deep learning–based attenuation correction for whole-body PET — a multi-tracer study with 18F-FDG, 68 Ga-DOTATATE, and 18F-Fluciclovine. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2022, 49: 3086-3097. PMID: 35277742, PMCID: PMC10725742, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05748-2.

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• Feasibility of imaging synaptic density in the human spinal cord using [11C]UCB-J PET

  Rossano S, Toyonaga T, Bini J, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Cai Z, Huang Y, Carson RE. Feasibility of imaging synaptic density in the human spinal cord using [11C]UCB-J PET. EJNMMI Physics 2022, 9: 32. PMID: 35503134, PMCID: PMC9065222, DOI: 10.1186/s40658-022-00464-0.

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• Partial volume correction analysis for 11C-UCB-J PET studies of Alzheimer's disease

  Lu Y, Toyonaga T, Naganawa M, Gallezot JD, Chen MK, Mecca AP, van Dyck CH, Carson RE. Partial volume correction analysis for 11C-UCB-J PET studies of Alzheimer's disease. NeuroImage 2021, 238: 118248. PMID: 34119639, PMCID: PMC8454285, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118248.

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• Identifying brain networks in synaptic density PET (11C-UCB-J) with independent component analysis

  Fang XT, Toyonaga T, Hillmer AT, Matuskey D, Holmes SE, Radhakrishnan R, Mecca AP, van Dyck CH, D’Souza D, Esterlis I, Worhunsky PD, Carson RE. Identifying brain networks in synaptic density PET (11C-UCB-J) with independent component analysis. NeuroImage 2021, 237: 118167. PMID: 34000404, PMCID: PMC8452380, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118167.

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• Reduced synaptic vesicle protein 2A binding in temporal lobe epilepsy: A [11C]UCB‐J positron emission tomography study

  Finnema SJ, Toyonaga T, Detyniecki K, Chen M, Dias M, Wang Q, Lin S, Naganawa M, Gallezot J, Lu Y, Nabulsi NB, Huang Y, Spencer DD, Carson RE. Reduced synaptic vesicle protein 2A binding in temporal lobe epilepsy: A [11C]UCB‐J positron emission tomography study. Epilepsia 2020, 61: 2183-2193. PMID: 32944949, DOI: 10.1111/epi.16653.

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• In Vivo Synaptic Density Imaging with 11C-UCB-J Detects Treatment Effects of Saracatinib in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease

  Toyonaga T, Smith LM, Finnema SJ, Gallezot JD, Naganawa M, Bini J, Mulnix T, Cai Z, Ropchan J, Huang Y, Strittmatter SM, Carson RE. In Vivo Synaptic Density Imaging with 11C-UCB-J Detects Treatment Effects of Saracatinib in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2019, 60: 1780-1786. PMID: 31101744, PMCID: PMC6894376, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.118.223867.

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• Assessment of a white matter reference region for 11C-UCB-J PET quantification

  Rossano S, Toyonaga T, Finnema SJ, Naganawa M, Lu Y, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, De Bruyn S, Otoul C, Stockis A, Nicolas JM, Martin P, Mercier J, Huang Y, Maguire RP, Carson RE. Assessment of a white matter reference region for 11C-UCB-J PET quantification. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2019, 40: 1890-1901. PMID: 31570041, PMCID: PMC7446568, DOI: 10.1177/0271678x19879230.

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