The Search for a Subtype-Selective PET Imaging Agent for the GABAA Receptor Complex: Evaluation of the Radiotracer [11C]ADO in Nonhuman Primates
Lin SF, Bois F, Holden D, Nabulsi N, Pracitto R, Gao H, Kapinos M, Teng JK, Shirali A, Ropchan J, Carson RE, Elmore CS, Vasdev N, Huang Y. The Search for a Subtype-Selective PET Imaging Agent for the GABAA Receptor Complex: Evaluation of the Radiotracer [11C]ADO in Nonhuman Primates. Molecular Imaging 2017, 16: 1536012117731258. PMID: 28929924, PMCID: PMC5912275, DOI: 10.1177/1536012117731258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonhuman primatesNovel positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracerAbsolute test-retest variabilityFast tissue kineticsSubtype-selective GABATissue kineticsHigh brain uptakeGABAA receptor complexRegional binding potentialPositron emission tomography (PET) radiotracerPET imaging agentRegional distribution volumesTest-retest variabilityNondisplaceable volumeUndesirable side effectsRegion-specific distributionΓ-amino butyric acidAnticonvulsive effectBrain uptakeAnxiolytic effectsMinutes postinjectionOne-tissue compartment modelGABA sitesStriatal regionsRegional time-activity curves