2021
Association of Aβ deposition and regional synaptic density in early Alzheimer’s disease: a PET imaging study with [11C]UCB-J
O’Dell R, Mecca AP, Chen MK, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Lu Y, Godek TA, Harris JE, Bartlett HH, Banks ER, Kominek VL, Zhao W, Nabulsi NB, Ropchan J, Ye Y, Vander Wyk BC, Huang Y, Arnsten AFT, Carson RE, van Dyck CH. Association of Aβ deposition and regional synaptic density in early Alzheimer’s disease: a PET imaging study with [11C]UCB-J. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2021, 13: 11. PMID: 33402201, PMCID: PMC7786921, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-020-00742-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional Aβ depositionAβ depositionEarly Alzheimer's diseaseSynaptic lossSynaptic densityAlzheimer's diseaseDistribution volume ratioPositron emission tomographyHippocampal synaptic densityMild AD dementiaDeposition of AβSignificant inverse associationAmnestic mild cognitive impairmentWhole-brain analysisMild cognitive impairmentCerebellar reference regionPET imaging studiesPlaque burdenAD dementiaInverse associationPostmortem studiesClinical severityNeurodegenerative processesClinical diseaseLarge cohort
2020
In vivo measurement of widespread synaptic loss in Alzheimer's disease with SV2A PET
Mecca AP, Chen M, O'Dell RS, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Godek TA, Harris JE, Bartlett HH, Zhao W, Nabulsi NB, Vander Wyk B, Varma P, Arnsten AFT, Huang Y, Carson RE, van Dyck C. In vivo measurement of widespread synaptic loss in Alzheimer's disease with SV2A PET. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 16: 974-982. PMID: 32400950, PMCID: PMC7383876, DOI: 10.1002/alz.12097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWidespread synaptic lossEarly Alzheimer's diseaseSynaptic lossAlzheimer's diseaseSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AGray matter volumeMajor structural correlatePositron emission tomography (PET) imagingEmission Tomography ImagingDistribution volume ratioCerebellar reference regionNeocortical brain regionsSynaptic densityAD progressionConsistent pathologyPotential therapyMatter volumePromising biomarkerCognitive impairmentCN participantsBrain regionsDiseaseTomography imagingNormal participantsStructural correlates
2019
Norepinephrine transporter availability in brown fat is reduced in obesity: a human PET study with [11C] MRB
Sanchez-Rangel E, Gallezot JD, Yeckel CW, Lam W, Belfort-DeAguiar R, Chen MK, Carson RE, Sherwin R, Hwang JJ. Norepinephrine transporter availability in brown fat is reduced in obesity: a human PET study with [11C] MRB. International Journal Of Obesity 2019, 44: 964-967. PMID: 31636373, PMCID: PMC7259982, DOI: 10.1038/s41366-019-0471-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrown adipose tissueDetectable brown adipose tissueDistribution volume ratioMultilinear reference tissue model 2Norepinephrine transporterSympathetic innervationNorepinephrine transporter availabilityHuman brown adipose tissueDense sympathetic innervationPET-CT imagingReference tissue model 2Human PET studiesSupraclavicular regionCaucasian womenTransporter availabilityOccipital cortexObesityTherapeutic targetAdipose tissueBrown fatPET studiesWomenInnervationSelective ligandsEnergy-dissipating properties