2016
Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of 11C-UCB-J as a PET Tracer for Imaging the Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A in the Brain
Nabulsi N, Mercier J, Holden D, Carré S, Najafzadeh S, Vandergeten MC, Lin SF, Deo A, Price N, Wood M, Lara-Jaime T, Montel F, Laruelle M, Carson RE, Hannestad J, Huang Y. Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of 11C-UCB-J as a PET Tracer for Imaging the Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A in the Brain. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2016, 57: 777-784. PMID: 26848175, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.168179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AWhole-body biodistributionPET radiotracersNonhuman primatesDose-limiting organHigher free fractionGray matter regionsBaseline VTNondisplaceable distribution volumeAntiepileptic drugsVitro inhibition constantSynaptic densityPreclinical evaluationMonkey brainDistribution volumeArterial samplingEndocrine cellsRegional volumesMatter regionsRhesus macaquesPET tracersUCBFree fractionBrainTarget occupancy
2011
Assessing the sensitivity of [11C]p943, a novel 5‐HTIB radioligand, to endogenous serotonin release
Cosgrove KP, Kloczynski T, Nabulsi N, Weinzimmer D, Lin S, Staley JK, Bhagwagar Z, Carson RE. Assessing the sensitivity of [11C]p943, a novel 5‐HTIB radioligand, to endogenous serotonin release. Synapse 2011, 65: 1113-1117. PMID: 21484884, PMCID: PMC3149753, DOI: 10.1002/syn.20942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFenfluramine-induced changesReceptor occupancyDoses of fenfluraminePositron emission tomography radioligandEndogenous serotonin releaseNonhuman primate brainSerotonin releaseLow doseHigh doseTomography radioligandPrimate brainRhesus monkeysFenfluramineRhesus macaquesPET imagingHuman brainBaboonsDoseDosesRadioligandBrainCurrent studyReceptors