2020
Evaluation of the potassium channel tracer [18F]3F4AP in rhesus macaques
Guehl N, Ramos-Torres K, Linnman C, Moon S, Dhaynaut M, Wilks M, Han P, Ma C, Neelamegam R, Zhou Y, Popko B, Correia J, Reich D, Fakhri G, Herscovitch P, Normandin M, Brugarolas P. Evaluation of the potassium channel tracer [18F]3F4AP in rhesus macaques. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2020, 41: 1721-1733. PMID: 33090071, PMCID: PMC8221756, DOI: 10.1177/0271678x20963404.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAminopyridinesAnimalsBrain InjuriesFluorine RadioisotopesMacaca mulattaMalePositron-Emission TomographyPotassium ChannelsRadioactive TracersRadiopharmaceuticalsConceptsFocal brain injuryMyelin repair therapyContributions of demyelinationDrivers of disabilityImaging demyelinationBrain injuryMeasurements of molecular changesTool's sensitivity to changesLower myelin contentDemyelinating lesionsNeuronal conductionImpaired conductionDemyelinationBrain penetrationGold standardRhesus macaquesInjured areaMultiple sclerosisMolecular changesMyelin sheathNeurological diseasesHigh metabolic stabilityMRI methodsMRIInjury
2019
Autoradiography validation of novel tau PET tracer [F-18]-MK-6240 on human postmortem brain tissue
Aguero C, Dhaynaut M, Normandin M, Amaral A, Guehl N, Neelamegam R, Marquie M, Johnson K, El Fakhri G, Frosch M, Gomez-Isla T. Autoradiography validation of novel tau PET tracer [F-18]-MK-6240 on human postmortem brain tissue. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2019, 7: 37. PMID: 30857558, PMCID: PMC6410510, DOI: 10.1186/s40478-019-0686-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIn vivo detection of neurofibrillary tanglesNeurofibrillary tanglesDetection of neurofibrillary tanglesAlzheimer's diseaseTDP-43Binds to neurofibrillary tanglesFrontotemporal lobar degeneration-tauOff-target bindingDNA-binding protein 43Binding patternsNon-Alzheimer tauopathiesHuman postmortem brain tissueTau aggregationPostmortem brain tissueBinding signalBinding targetsCerebral amyloid angiopathyIn vivo detectionB-amyloidNeurodegenerative diseasesHuman brain tissueTauTau positron emission tomographyBindingMK-6240