2024
First-in-Human Study of 18F-SynVesT-2: An SV2A PET Imaging Probe with Fast Brain Kinetics and High Specific Binding
Drake L, Wu Y, Naganawa M, Asch R, Zheng C, Najafzadeh S, Pracitto R, Lindemann M, Li S, Ropchan J, Labaree D, Emery P, Dias M, Henry S, Nabulsi N, Matuskey D, Hillmer A, Gallezot J, Carson R, Cai Z, Huang Y. First-in-Human Study of 18F-SynVesT-2: An SV2A PET Imaging Probe with Fast Brain Kinetics and High Specific Binding. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2024, 65: jnumed.123.266470. PMID: 38360052, PMCID: PMC10924160, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.266470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirst-in-human studyPlasma free fractionTime-activity curvesCentrum semiovaleNonhuman primate's resultsFirst-in-humanFree fractionNondisplaceable binding potentialRegional time-activity curvesLow nonspecific uptakeRegional distribution volumesHigh-resolution research tomograph scannerTest-retest reproducibilityCerebral blood flowSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AHealthy volunteersArterial input functionNonspecific uptakePET imaging probeDistribution volumeSynapse densityIndividual MR imagesHighest specific bindingMR imagingPET imaging
2007
Exaggerated 5-HT1A but Normal 5-HT2A Receptor Activity in Individuals Ill with Anorexia Nervosa
Bailer U, Frank G, Henry S, Price J, Meltzer C, Mathis C, Wagner A, Thornton L, Hoge J, Ziolko S, Becker C, McConaha C, Kaye W. Exaggerated 5-HT1A but Normal 5-HT2A Receptor Activity in Individuals Ill with Anorexia Nervosa. Biological Psychiatry 2007, 61: 1090-1099. PMID: 17241616, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyILL ANCerebral blood flowControl womenAnorexia nervosaBlood flowReceptor activityOrbital frontal regionsDorsal raphe nucleusHealthy control womenLateral temporal lobeReceptor-specific radioligandReceptor BPRaphe nucleusPoor responseSerotonin activityTemporal lobeParietal cortexEmission tomographyReceptor functionParietal regionsWomenReceptorsFrontal regionsSignificant increase
2004
Neuroimaging Studies in Eating Disorders
Frank G, Bailer U, Henry S, Wagner A, Kaye W. Neuroimaging Studies in Eating Disorders. CNS Spectrums 2004, 9: 539-549. PMID: 15208513, DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900009639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnet resonance spectroscopyBulimia nervosaWhite matter volume lossBody image distortionRegional cerebral blood flowCerebral glucose metabolismCerebral blood flowSimilar brain regionsSerotonin metabolismBrain phospholipidsBlood flowGlucose metabolismBrain pathwaysAnorexiaBrain regionsIll stateAppetitive behaviorNeuroimaging studiesParietal regionsEating DisordersDisordersVolume lossSuch studiesMost studiesMetabolism