2018
PET imaging reveals lower kappa opioid receptor availability in alcoholics but no effect of age
Vijay A, Cavallo D, Goldberg A, de Laat B, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Krishnan-Sarin S, Morris ED. PET imaging reveals lower kappa opioid receptor availability in alcoholics but no effect of age. Neuropsychopharmacology 2018, 43: 2539-2547. PMID: 30188515, PMCID: PMC6224533, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-018-0199-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy control cohortVolume of distributionOpioid receptor systemKappa-opioid receptorsOpioid receptorsDelta opioid receptor systemReceptor systemMu-opioid receptor systemOpioid receptor availabilityPotential pharmacological targetEffect of ageAge-related declineControl cohortPET scansAntagonist tracersReceptor availabilityMultivariate analysisPharmacological targetsPET imagingReceptorsAgePartial volume correctionCohortVT valuesPresent study2181 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
2012
Age Effects on Serotonin Receptor 1B as Assessed by PET
Matuskey D, Pittman B, Planeta-Wilson B, Walderhaug E, Henry S, Gallezot JD, Nabulsi N, Ding YS, Bhagwagar Z, Malison R, Carson RE, Neumeister A. Age Effects on Serotonin Receptor 1B as Assessed by PET. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2012, 53: 1411-1414. PMID: 22851636, PMCID: PMC3690814, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.103598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultilinear reference tissue modelGray matter atrophyReceptor 1BAge-related gray matter atrophyIndividual cortical regionsSerotonin receptor 1BPrevious imaging studiesSerotonin measuresReference tissue modelAge-related declineMatter atrophyHealthy subjectsHealthy adultsGray matterImaging studiesCortical regionsPET imagingSubject underwentMultiple comparisonsCortexNegative associationAge effectsAgeAtrophyPutamen