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
2021
Radiochemical Synthesis and Evaluation in Non-Human Primates of 3‑[11C]methoxy-4-aminopyridine: A Novel PET Tracer for Imaging Potassium Channels in the CNS
Guehl N, Neelamegam R, Zhou Y, Moon S, Dhaynaut M, Fakhri G, Normandin M, Brugarolas P. Radiochemical Synthesis and Evaluation in Non-Human Primates of 3‑[11C]methoxy-4-aminopyridine: A Novel PET Tracer for Imaging Potassium Channels in the CNS. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2021, 12: 756-765. PMID: 33539063, PMCID: PMC8060895, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00791.Peer-Reviewed Original Research