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
2023
Synaptic PET Imaging in Neurodegeneration
Chen M, Matuskey D, Finnema S, Carson R. Synaptic PET Imaging in Neurodegeneration. 2023, 157-167. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35098-6_10.ChaptersAlzheimer's diseaseSynaptic densityProgressive supranuclear palsySynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2ALarge patient cohortPositron emission tomography (PET) biomarkersInitial PET studiesMultiple neurodegenerative diseasesSupranuclear palsyCorticobasal degenerationLewy bodiesPatient cohortSynapse densityTomography biomarkersClinical valueParkinson's diseaseNeurological diseasesBrain regionsFrontotemporal dementiaPET studiesDiseaseNeurodegenerative diseasesHuntington's diseaseMultiple centersSynaptic vesicle membrane