2021
Comparison of [11C]UCB-J and [18F]FDG PET in Alzheimer’s disease: A tracer kinetic modeling study
Chen MK, Mecca AP, Naganawa M, Gallezot JD, Toyonaga T, Mondal J, Finnema SJ, Lin SF, O’Dell R, McDonald JW, Michalak HR, Vander Wyk B, Nabulsi NB, Huang Y, Arnsten AF, van Dyck CH, Carson RE. Comparison of [11C]UCB-J and [18F]FDG PET in Alzheimer’s disease: A tracer kinetic modeling study. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 2021, 41: 2395-2409. PMID: 33757318, PMCID: PMC8393289, DOI: 10.1177/0271678x211004312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic densityMedial temporal regionsAlzheimer's diseaseNeocortical regionsTemporal regionsRelative outcome measuresMedial temporal lobeVivo PET imagingJ bindingOutcome measuresTemporal lobeMagnitude of reductionCN participantsBrain regionsAD participantsDiseasePET imagingConcordant reductionNormal participantsSynaptic vesiclesPerfusionMetabolismSuitable markerParticipantsSimilar pattern
1992
PET imaging of opiate receptor binding in human epilepsy using [18F]cyclofoxy
Theodore W, Carson R, Andreasen P, Zametkin A, Blasberg R, Leiderman D, Rice K, Newman A, Channing M, Dunn B, Simpson N, Herscovitch P. PET imaging of opiate receptor binding in human epilepsy using [18F]cyclofoxy. Epilepsy Research 1992, 13: 129-139. PMID: 1334456, DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(92)90068-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex partial seizuresEEG fociBasal gangliaTemporal lobeBrain regionsPotent opiate antagonistMesial temporal lobeCerebral blood flowOpiate receptor bindingEEG-video monitoringLateral temporal cortexLow specific bindingSpecific bindingPartial seizuresTime-activity dataKappa receptorsOpiate antagonistEpileptic focusHuman epilepsyFrontal cortexIndividual patientsOccipital lobeMean VTBlood flowBlood samples