2025
Assessment of the relationship between synaptic density and metabotropic glutamate receptors in early Alzheimer’s disease: a multi-tracer PET study
Salardini E, O’Dell R, Tchorz E, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Carson R, van Dyck C, Mecca A. Assessment of the relationship between synaptic density and metabotropic glutamate receptors in early Alzheimer’s disease: a multi-tracer PET study. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2025, 17: 98. PMID: 40329311, PMCID: PMC12054321, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-025-01739-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistribution volume ratioMedial temporal lobePositron emission tomographyTemporal lobeSynaptic densityMetabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5Multi-tracer PET studiesAlzheimer's diseaseCerebellum reference regionAmyloid-positive participantsSynaptic lossSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AMetabotropic glutamate receptorsPositron emission tomography scanNeocortical regionsSubtype 5MGluR5Entorhinal cortexAD groupReference regionGlutamate receptorsExploratory analysisWidespread reductionsLongitudinal studyReceptor binding
2020
PET imaging of mGluR5 in Alzheimer’s disease
Mecca AP, McDonald JW, Michalak HR, Godek TA, Harris JE, Pugh EA, Kemp EC, Chen MK, Salardini A, Nabulsi NB, Lim K, Huang Y, Carson RE, Strittmatter SM, van Dyck CH. PET imaging of mGluR5 in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2020, 12: 15. PMID: 31954399, PMCID: PMC6969979, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-020-0582-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseMild cognitive impairmentBrain amyloidHippocampus of ADPositron emission tomography radioligandSubtype 5 receptorsMild AD dementiaGray matter atrophyAssociation cortical regionsAmnestic mild cognitive impairmentImportant therapeutic targetCerebellum reference regionDynamic PET scansHippocampal mGluR5MethodsSixteen individualsMGluR5 bindingSynaptotoxic actionAD dementiaAD pathogenesisMatter atrophyInitial administrationAD groupSynaptic transmissionEntorhinal cortex
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