2022
Radiochemical Synthesis and Evaluation of 3‑[11C]Methyl-4-aminopyridine in Rodents and Nonhuman Primates for Imaging Potassium Channels in the CNS
Sun Y, Guehl N, Zhou Y, Takahashi K, Belov V, Dhaynaut M, Moon S, Fakhri G, Normandin M, Brugarolas P. Radiochemical Synthesis and Evaluation of 3‑[11C]Methyl-4-aminopyridine in Rodents and Nonhuman Primates for Imaging Potassium Channels in the CNS. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2022, 13: 3342-3351. PMID: 36417797, PMCID: PMC9732819, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional brain time-activity curvesBrain time-activity curvesOne-tissue compartment modelBlood-brain barrierConsistent with <i>inNonhuman primatesTime-activity curvesPositron emission tomographySpinal cord injuryDemyelinated neuronsNeurological symptomsPotassium channelsNeuronal conductionBrain uptakeEmission tomographyStille cross-couplingMultiple sclerosisCord injurySlow kineticsBrain permeabilityTraumatic brainMyelin sheathStronger binding affinityNeuronsBrain
2016
Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of the Tau PET Radiotracer 18F-T807 (18F-AV-1451) in Human Subjects
Wooten D, Guehl N, Verwer E, Shoup T, Yokell D, Zubcevik N, Vasdev N, Zafonte R, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Normandin M. Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of the Tau PET Radiotracer 18F-T807 (18F-AV-1451) in Human Subjects. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2016, 58: 484-491. PMID: 27660144, PMCID: PMC5334185, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.170910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistribution volume ratioTraumatic brain injuryMetabolite-corrected arterial input functionPET imagingPlasma radioactivity concentrationsTemporal cortexDynamic PET imagesTotal volume of distributionVolume of distributionTraumatic brain injury subjectsMesial temporal cortexArterial blood samplesPosterior cingulate gyrusFocal uptakeSUV ratioHuman subjectsArterial input functionPosterior corpus callosumBolus injectionPharmacokinetic evaluation