2023
Cholinergic system adaptations are associated with cognitive function in people recently abstinent from smoking: a (-)-[18F]flubatine PET study
Calakos K, Hillmer A, Anderson J, LeVasseur B, Baldassarri S, Angarita G, Matuskey D, Kapinos M, Zheng M, Huang Y, Cosgrove K. Cholinergic system adaptations are associated with cognitive function in people recently abstinent from smoking: a (-)-[18F]flubatine PET study. Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 48: 683-689. PMID: 36681758, PMCID: PMC9938267, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01535-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExecutive functionCholinergic systemWorse executive functionAcetylcholine levelsVerbal learningCognitive batteryPositron emission tomography brainCognitive dataAbstinent smokersCognitive functionCognitive deficitsCortical acetylcholine levelsEarly smoking cessationAcetylcholinesterase inhibitor physostigmineCognitionQuit attemptsNAChR sitesPhysostigmine administrationTomography brainSmoking statusSmoking cessationInhibitor physostigmineTreatment strategiesAgonist radioligandPhysostigmine challenge
2018
Positron emission tomography imaging of the γ-aminobutyric acid system
Andersson JD, Matuskey D, Finnema SJ. Positron emission tomography imaging of the γ-aminobutyric acid system. Neuroscience Letters 2018, 691: 35-43. PMID: 30102960, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyGABA levelsΓ-aminobutyric acid A (GABAA) receptorsGABA sensitivityEmission tomographyImportance of GABACentral nervous systemAminobutyric acid systemBenzodiazepine binding siteEndogenous GABA levelsGABA releaseGABA transmissionGABA systemNervous systemGABA concentrationPET tracersPET imagingAgonist GABAA receptorsBasic physiologyGABARadioligandReceptorsTomographyTranslational applicationsPET imaging of synaptic density: A new tool for investigation of neuropsychiatric diseases
Cai Z, Li S, Matuskey D, Nabulsi N, Huang Y. PET imaging of synaptic density: A new tool for investigation of neuropsychiatric diseases. Neuroscience Letters 2018, 691: 44-50. PMID: 30075287, PMCID: PMC6339829, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.07.038.Peer-Reviewed Original Research