2020
Body Mass Index and Age Effects on Brain 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1: a Positron Emission Tomography Study
Bini J, Bhatt S, Hillmer AT, Gallezot JD, Nabulsi N, Pracitto R, Labaree D, Kapinos M, Ropchan J, Matuskey D, Sherwin RS, Jastreboff AM, Carson RE, Cosgrove K, Huang Y. Body Mass Index and Age Effects on Brain 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1: a Positron Emission Tomography Study. Molecular Imaging And Biology 2020, 22: 1124-1131. PMID: 32133575, PMCID: PMC7351613, DOI: 10.1007/s11307-020-01490-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexPositron emission tomographyDehydrogenase type 1Mass indexObese individualsEnzyme 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1Whole brainType 1Higher body mass indexPositron emission tomography studyVT valuesSevere Alzheimer's diseaseEmission tomography studiesSteroid stress hormonesAge-associated increaseMean whole brainSignificant age-associated increaseRegional distribution volumesVisceral adiposityInsulin resistanceActive cortisolExcess cortisolInactive cortisoneMemory dysfunctionParietal lobe
2016
First-in-Human Assessment of the Novel PDE2A PET Radiotracer 18F-PF-05270430
Naganawa M, Waterhouse RN, Nabulsi N, Lin SF, Labaree D, Ropchan J, Tarabar S, DeMartinis N, Ogden A, Banerjee A, Huang Y, Carson RE. First-in-Human Assessment of the Novel PDE2A PET Radiotracer 18F-PF-05270430. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2016, 57: 1388-1395. PMID: 27103022, PMCID: PMC5093918, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.166850.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAzabicyclo CompoundsAzetidinesBrainComputer SimulationCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 2Feasibility StudiesFemaleHumansIsotope LabelingMacaca mulattaMaleMetabolic Clearance RateModels, BiologicalMolecular ImagingOrgan SpecificityPilot ProjectsPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTissue DistributionConceptsTest-retest variabilityHuman studiesPET ligandWhite matterNeocortical regionsMultilinear analysis 1MSv/MBqHealthy male subjectsDetectable pharmacologic effectsAppropriate tracer kinetic modelsTest-retest protocolAdverse eventsBrain uptakePharmacologic effectsRegional time-activity curvesTarget doseTime-activity curvesTracer uptakeMale subjectsWhole brainBrain regionsEffective doseCritical organsPET radiotracersNonhuman primates
1983
Quantitative Measurement of Local Cerebral Blood Flow in Humans by Positron Computed Tomography and 15O-Water
Huang S, Carson RE, Hoffman EJ, Carson J, MacDonald N, Barrio JR, Phelps ME. Quantitative Measurement of Local Cerebral Blood Flow in Humans by Positron Computed Tomography and 15O-Water. Cerebrovascular And Brain Metabolism Reviews 1983, 3: 141-153. PMID: 6601663, DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.1983.21.Peer-Reviewed Original Research