2022
Neurotransmitter transporter occupancy following administration of centanafadine sustained-release tablets: A phase 1 study in healthy male adults
Matuskey D, Gallezot J, Nabulsi N, Henry S, Torres K, Dias M, Angarita G, Huang Y, Shoaf S, Carson R, Mehrotra S. Neurotransmitter transporter occupancy following administration of centanafadine sustained-release tablets: A phase 1 study in healthy male adults. Journal Of Psychopharmacology 2022, 37: 164-171. PMID: 36515395, PMCID: PMC9912308, DOI: 10.1177/02698811221140008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Reduced synaptic vesicle protein 2A binding in temporal lobe epilepsy: A [11C]UCB‐J positron emission tomography study
Finnema SJ, Toyonaga T, Detyniecki K, Chen M, Dias M, Wang Q, Lin S, Naganawa M, Gallezot J, Lu Y, Nabulsi NB, Huang Y, Spencer DD, Carson RE. Reduced synaptic vesicle protein 2A binding in temporal lobe epilepsy: A [11C]UCB‐J positron emission tomography study. Epilepsia 2020, 61: 2183-2193. PMID: 32944949, DOI: 10.1111/epi.16653.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial temporal lobe sclerosisTemporal lobe epilepsyTLE subjectsPositron emission tomographyLobe epilepsyJ BPSynaptic vesicle protein 2APartial volume correctionTemporal lobe sclerosisPositron emission tomography studyEmission tomography studiesSeizure onset zonePromising biomarker approachJ bindingPresurgical selectionSclerotic hippocampusHippocampal asymmetryTLE patientsRegional binding patternsControl subjectsCentrum semiovaleContralateral regionsEpilepsy patientsOutcome measuresOnset zoneSynaptic Changes in Parkinson Disease Assessed with in vivo Imaging
Matuskey D, Tinaz S, Wilcox KC, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Dias M, Henry S, Pittman B, Ropchan J, Nabulsi N, Suridjan I, Comley RA, Huang Y, Finnema SJ, Carson RE. Synaptic Changes in Parkinson Disease Assessed with in vivo Imaging. Annals Of Neurology 2020, 87: 329-338. PMID: 31953875, PMCID: PMC7065227, DOI: 10.1002/ana.25682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstantia nigraParkinson's diseaseNormal controlsSynaptic changesPositron emission tomographic imagingSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AParkinson's disease groupParkinson's disease subjectsEmission tomographic imagingPrimary brain areasAnn NeurolPostmortem autoradiographyBilateral diseaseNonmotor symptomsSynaptic lossNeuronal alterationsRelevant cortical areasStriatal dopamineBrainstem nucleiDisease groupDopamine neuronsLocus coeruleusCortical areasRed nucleusDopamine system
2019
Social status and demographic effects of the kappa opioid receptor: a PET imaging study with a novel agonist radiotracer in healthy volunteers
Matuskey D, Dias M, Naganawa M, Pittman B, Henry S, Li S, Gao H, Ropchan J, Nabulsi N, Carson RE, Huang Y. Social status and demographic effects of the kappa opioid receptor: a PET imaging study with a novel agonist radiotracer in healthy volunteers. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019, 44: 1714-1719. PMID: 30928993, PMCID: PMC6785144, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-019-0379-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexKappa-opioid receptorsPositron emission tomographyAgonist radiotracerKOR systemOpioid receptorsTime-activity curvesBarratt Simplified MeasureAnterior cingulate cortexArterial blood samplingMultilinear analysis-1 (MA1) methodPET imaging studiesKOR levelsMass indexPreclinical modelsFrontal cortexHealthy volunteersRegional time-activity curvesBlood samplingPET scansCingulate cortexImaging studiesEmission tomographyVentral striatumRegional volumes