2022
Drug characteristics derived from kinetic modeling: combined 11C-UCB-J human PET imaging with levetiracetam and brivaracetam occupancy of SV2A
Naganawa M, Gallezot J, Finnema S, Maguire R, Mercier J, Nabulsi N, Kervyn S, Henry S, Nicolas J, Huang Y, Chen M, Hannestad J, Klitgaard H, Stockis A, Carson R. Drug characteristics derived from kinetic modeling: combined 11C-UCB-J human PET imaging with levetiracetam and brivaracetam occupancy of SV2A. EJNMMI Research 2022, 12: 71. PMID: 36346513, PMCID: PMC9643320, DOI: 10.1186/s13550-022-00944-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTime-activity curvesBrain entryDrug concentrationsNon-human primate brainAnti-seizure activitySynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2APlasma drug concentrationsPrevious human studiesBackgroundAntiepileptic drugsHealthy subjectsBlood samplesHuman studiesLevetiracetamPrimate brainEmission tomography dataBrivaracetamDistribution volumeArterial input functionBrainDrug characteristicsPositron emission tomography dataDrug entryFree fractionDrugsKinetic parameters k1
2016
Quantitative projection of human brain penetration of the H3 antagonist PF-03654746 by integrating rat-derived brain partitioning and PET receptor occupancy
Sawant-Basak A, Chen L, Shaffer CL, Palumbo D, Schmidt A, Tseng E, Spracklin DK, Gallezot JD, Labaree D, Nabulsi N, Huang Y, Carson RE, McCarthy T. Quantitative projection of human brain penetration of the H3 antagonist PF-03654746 by integrating rat-derived brain partitioning and PET receptor occupancy. Xenobiotica 2016, 47: 119-126. PMID: 27353353, DOI: 10.3109/00498254.2016.1166531.Peer-Reviewed Original Research