Equilibrium modeling of 5-ht2a receptors with [18f]deuteroaltanserin and pet: feasibility of a constant infusion paradigm
van Dyck C, Soares J, Tan P, Staley J, Baldwin R, Amici L, Fu X, Garg P, Seibyl J, Charney D, Innis R. Equilibrium modeling of 5-ht2a receptors with [18f]deuteroaltanserin and pet: feasibility of a constant infusion paradigm. Nuclear Medicine And Biology 2000, 27: 715-722. PMID: 11150702, DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8051(00)00160-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecific brain uptakeConstant infusion paradigmBrain uptakeInfusion paradigmConstant infusionPromising positron emission tomography (PET) ligandPositron emission tomography (PET) ligandVenous blood samplingHealthy male subjectsSerotonin 2A receptorStable radiotracerCerebellar ratioInfusion periodBlood samplingTomography ligandH postinjectionTime-activity curvesParent tracerLinear regression analysisMale subjectsPET radioligandSlow metabolismHuman subjectsBrain activityRegression analysis