2014
Evaluation of [18F]-(-)-norchlorofluorohomoepibatidine ([18F]-(-)-NCFHEB) as a PET radioligand to image the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in non-human primates
Bois F, Gallezot JD, Zheng MQ, Lin SF, Esterlis I, Cosgrove KP, Carson RE, Huang Y. Evaluation of [18F]-(-)-norchlorofluorohomoepibatidine ([18F]-(-)-NCFHEB) as a PET radioligand to image the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in non-human primates. Nuclear Medicine And Biology 2014, 42: 570-577. PMID: 25858513, PMCID: PMC4441617, DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2014.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRhesus monkeysGood test-retest reproducibilityML/Plasma free fractionReceptor binding profileNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsTest-retest reproducibilityNon-human primatesReceptor radiotracerΑ4β2 receptorsFrontal cortexPET examinationsMonkey brainAcetylcholine receptorsBrain regionsDistribution volumePET radioligandMultilinear analysis methodPharmacokinetic propertiesEnd of synthesisNon-displaceable distribution volumeFree fractionPET measurementsMonkeys
2013
Determination of the In Vivo Selectivity of a New κ-Opioid Receptor Antagonist PET Tracer 11C-LY2795050 in the Rhesus Monkey
Kim SJ, Zheng MQ, Nabulsi N, Labaree D, Ropchan J, Najafzadeh S, Carson RE, Huang Y, Morris ED. Determination of the In Vivo Selectivity of a New κ-Opioid Receptor Antagonist PET Tracer 11C-LY2795050 in the Rhesus Monkey. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2013, 54: 1668-1674. PMID: 23918735, PMCID: PMC5824998, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.118877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBenzamidesBrainComputer SimulationImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMacaca mulattaMetabolic Clearance RateModels, BiologicalPositron-Emission TomographyPyrrolidinesRadiopharmaceuticalsReceptors, Opioid, kappaReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTissue Distribution