2023
The regional pattern of age-related synaptic loss in the human brain differs from gray matter volume loss: in vivo PET measurement with [11C]UCB-J
Toyonaga T, Khattar N, Wu Y, Lu Y, Naganawa M, Gallezot J, Matuskey D, Mecca A, Pittman B, Dias M, Nabulsi N, Finnema S, Chen M, Arnsten A, Radhakrishnan R, Skosnik P, D’Souza D, Esterlis I, Huang Y, van Dyck C, Carson R. The regional pattern of age-related synaptic loss in the human brain differs from gray matter volume loss: in vivo PET measurement with [11C]UCB-J. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2023, 51: 1012-1022. PMID: 37955791, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-023-06487-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSynaptic densityAge-related decreaseMagnetic resonance imagingBlood flowAge-related synaptic lossGray matter volume lossSynaptic density lossPositron emission tomography (PET) ligandSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AVivo PET measurementsMedial occipital cortexGray matter volumeAge-related neurodegenerationGray matter regionsCognitive normal subjectsAge-related changesSynaptic lossNerve terminalsWide age rangeOccipital cortexTomography ligandNormal subjectsGM volumeAge-related functional lossesMatter volume
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Comparison of four components of sensory gating in schizophrenia and normal subjects: a preliminary report
Boutros N, Belger A, Campbell D, D’Souza C, Krystal J. Comparison of four components of sensory gating in schizophrenia and normal subjects: a preliminary report. Psychiatry Research 1999, 88: 119-130. PMID: 10622348, DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1781(99)00074-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal control subjectsSchizophrenia patientsSensory gatingControl subjectsNormal subjectsSex-matched normal control subjectsPathophysiology of schizophreniaStimulus repetitionStable schizophrenia patientsSchizophrenia subjectsSimilar abnormalitiesPatientsPreliminary reportDysfunctionDegree of attenuationSchizophreniaLate phaseSubjectsDeviant stimuliStimulus changeIrrelevant stimuliPathophysiologyStimuliPotential paradigmAbnormalities