2008
PET Imaging of serotonin transporter as a biomarker for axon damage and regeneration in spinal cord injury
Huang Y, Nabulsi N, Weinzimmer D, Fung E, Ropchan J, Labaree D, Wang X, Gould G, Frost J, Carson R, Strittmatter S. PET Imaging of serotonin transporter as a biomarker for axon damage and regeneration in spinal cord injury. NeuroImage 2008, 41: t154. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.04.122.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
The Suitability of [11C]-α-Methyl-L-tryptophan as a Tracer for Serotonin Synthesis: Studies With Dual Administration of [11C] and [14C] Labeled Tracer
Shoaf S, Carson R, Hommer D, Williams W, Higley J, Schmall B, Herscovitch P, Eckelman W, Linnoila M. The Suitability of [11C]-α-Methyl-L-tryptophan as a Tracer for Serotonin Synthesis: Studies With Dual Administration of [11C] and [14C] Labeled Tracer. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2000, 20: 244-252. PMID: 10698060, DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200002000-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographySerotonin synthesisOverdose of phenobarbitalBrain serotonin synthesis rateIsoflurane-anesthetized rhesus monkeysSerotonin synthesis rateBrain concentrationsSecond doseBrain samplesEmission tomographyRhesus monkeysDual administrationTryptophan uptakePatlak plotSerotoninMinimal conversionAdministrationMonkeysSynthesis rateL-tryptophanPET imagesPET dataTotal countOverdoseExternal quantification