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Quantitative analysis of norepinephrine transporter in the human brain using PET with (S,S)-18F-FMeNER-D2Ryosuke Arakawa
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
J Nucl Med 49:1270-6. 2008..In this study, a norepinephrine transporter was visualized in the human brain using this radioligand with PET and quantified by several methods...
Alpha-CaMKII deficiency causes immature dentate gyrus, a novel candidate endophenotype of psychiatric disordersNobuyuki Yamasaki
Frontier Technology Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Mol Brain 1:6. 2008..Based on these results, we propose that an "immature DG" in adulthood might induce alterations in behavior and serve as a promising candidate endophenotype of schizophrenia and other human psychiatric disorders...
Lung as reservoir for antidepressants in pharmacokinetic drug interactionsT Suhara
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Lancet 351:332-5. 1998..Substantial accumulation of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the lungs has been reported. We have investigated the role of the lungs in pharmacokinetic drug interactions between tricyclic antidepressants and SSRIs...
High levels of serotonin transporter occupancy with low-dose clomipramine in comparative occupancy study with fluvoxamine using positron emission tomographyTetsuya Suhara
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:386-91. 2003..However, there have only been a few studies about 5-HTT occupancy, and in particular, data concerning classical antidepressants are still limited...
Dose relationship of limbic-cortical D2-dopamine receptor occupancy with risperidoneF Yasuno
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba shi, Japan
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 154:112-4. 2001..Risperidone has an atypical property, but its effect on limbic-cortical regions has not been evaluated...
Clozapine can induce high dopamine D(2) receptor occupancy in vivoTetsuya Suhara
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 160:107-12. 2002..Furthermore, even at maximum occupancy, 70% is not exceeded. Several mechanisms have been proposed as explanations for this low D(2) receptor occupancy, but clear evidence is limited...
Decreased dopamine D2 receptor binding in the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophreniaTetsuya Suhara
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 9 1, Anagawa 4 chome, Inage Ku, Chiba shi, 263 8555 Japan
Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:25-30. 2002..On the other hand, a number of studies have reported abnormalities in the cerebral cortex of schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to examine the extrastriatal D2 receptors of patients with schizophrenia...
Muscarinic cholinergic receptors in human narcolepsy: a PET studyY Sudo
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Neurology 51:1297-302. 1998..To investigate the function of the muscarinic cholinergic receptor (mAchR) in narcolepsy and the effects of pharmacotherapy on mAchRs...
Dose-finding study of paliperidone ER based on striatal and extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor occupancy in patients with schizophreniaRyosuke Arakawa
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1, Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 197:229-35. 2008..Paliperidone ER is a novel antipsychotic drug in an extended-release (ER) formulation. As with all antipsychotics, careful dose setting is necessary to avoid side effects...
Estimation of the time-course of dopamine D2 receptor occupancy in living human brain from plasma pharmacokinetics of antipsychoticsAkihiro Takano
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 7:19-26. 2004..3 h respectively. Using plasma pharmacokinetics and in-vivo ED50, the time-course of receptor occupancy could be calculated. Simulation of drug kinetics at receptors would provide useful information for the evaluation of antipsychotics...
Age-related reduction of extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor measured by PETM Inoue
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Life Sci 69:1079-84. 2001..4% in parietal cortex, 12.4% in occipital cortex, 12.2% in hippocampus, and 4.8% in thalamus. These findings suggest that the amounts of D2 receptor declines in all brain regions as part of the normal aging process...
Effect of endogenous dopamine on endogenous dopamine on extrastriated [11C]FLB 457 binding measured by PETT Okauchi
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Synapse 41:87-95. 2001..These results suggest that [11C]FLB 457 is not sensitive to endogenous dopamine in the extrastriatal regions of rhesus monkeys, despite a sufficient dose of MAP to decrease the binding of [11C]raclopride in the striatum...
Brain muscarinic receptors in progressive supranuclear palsy and Parkinson's disease: a positron emission tomographic studyM Asahina
Division of Clinical Research and Radiation Health, National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Japan
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 65:155-63. 1998....
Comparative evaluation of two serotonin transporter ligands in the human brain: [(11)C](+)McN5652 and [(11)C]cyanoimipramineAkihiro Takano
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:1289-97. 2002..Both [(11)C](+)McN5652 and [(11)C]cyanoimipramine showed sufficient specific binding for performance of a quantitative analysis in the brain. [(11)C](+)McN5652 could be superior because of its higher distribution to the brain...
A positron-emitter labeled glycine(B) site antagonist, [(11)C]L-703,717, preferentially binds to a cerebellar NMDA receptor subtype consisting of GluR epsilon3 subunit in vivo, but not in vitroTerushi Haradahira
Division of Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Synapse 43:131-3. 2002..Therefore, the present study clearly demonstrated that [(11)C]L-703,717 preferentially binds to a cerebellar NMDA receptor subtype consisting of GluRepsilon3 subunit in vivo, but not in vitro...
Muscarinic receptor occupancy by biperiden in living human brainY Sudo
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Life Sci 64:PL99-104. 1999..mAchR occupancy was 10-45% in the frontal cortex three hours after the oral administration of 4 mg of biperiden. The occupancy correlated with the plasma concentration of biperiden in a curvilinear manner...
Memory and frontal lobe functions; possible relations with dopamine D2 receptors in the hippocampusHidehiko Takahashi
Molecular Imaging Center, Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
Neuroimage 34:1643-9. 2007..Our findings suggest that dopamine D2 receptors in the hippocampus might affect the local hippocampal function, but also brain functions outside the hippocampus such as the prefrontal cortex...
Time course of dopamine D2 receptor occupancy by clozapine with medium and high plasma concentrationsAkihiro Takano
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 9-1-4-chome, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 30:75-81. 2006..At high plasma concentration, clozapine can induce high extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor occupancy in the human brain, and this finding fitted well with the theoretical estimation...
Positron emission tomography measurement of dopamine Dâ‚‚ receptor occupancy in the pituitary and cerebral cortex: relation to antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemiaRyosuke Arakawa
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba, Japan
J Clin Psychiatry 71:1131-7. 2010..However, the magnitude of hyperprolactinemia differs among antipsychotics, and there is no reliable mechanism-related marker for the risk of hyperprolactinemia that would allow us to characterize antipsychotics...
Measurement error analysis for the determination of dopamine D(2) receptor occupancy using the agonist radioligand [(11)C]MNPAMiho Shidahara
Biophysics Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 30:187-95. 2010..Results showed that dopamine D(2) receptor occupancy by antipsychotics can be estimated precisely in region of interest analysis by SRTM with a longer than 60-min [(11)C]MNPA PET scan duration...
Imaging of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor expression as biomarkers of detrimental versus beneficial glial responses in mouse models of Alzheimer's and other CNS pathologiesBin Ji
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
J Neurosci 28:12255-67. 2008....
Relation among dopamine D(2) receptor binding, obesity and personality in normal human subjectsF Yasuno
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, 263 8555, Chiba, Japan
Neurosci Lett 300:59-61. 2001..It can be assumed that variation of dopaminergic activity in the amygdala underlies the personality variants related to the concept of fundamental body type...
Reproducibility of [11 C]FLB 457 binding in extrastriatal regionsY Sudo
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Nucl Med Commun 22:1215-21. 2001..These results support the suitability of using [11C]FLB 457 for the quantitative evaluation of extrastriatal D2 receptors and for protocols requiring repeated measurements in the same individual...
Dopamine D2 receptors in the insular cortex and the personality trait of novelty seekingT Suhara
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa 4-Chome, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8555, Japan
Neuroimage 13:891-5. 2001..No significant correlation was observed in any other region. Our result indicates that there is a significant association between dopamine D2 receptor binding and the human novelty seeking trait in the right insular cortex...
Extrastriatal dopamine D(2) receptor occupancy in olanzapine-treated patients with schizophreniaRyosuke Arakawa
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba, 263 8555, Japan
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 260:345-50. 2010..In conclusion, although the subjects and methods were different from previous striatal occupancy studies, these results suggest that limbic occupancy by olanzapine may not be so different from that in the striatum...
GABAA/Benzodiazepine receptor binding in patients with schizophrenia using [11C]Ro15-4513, a radioligand with relatively high affinity for alpha5 subunitYoshiyuki Asai
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1, Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba, 263 8555, Japan
Schizophr Res 99:333-40. 2008..GABA(A)/BZ receptor including alpha5 subunit in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus might be involved in the pathophysiology of negative symptoms of schizophrenia...
Relation between cortical dopamine D(2) receptor occupancy and suppression of conditioned avoidance response in non-human primateAkihiro Takano
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 58:330-2. 2004..It is suggested that the threshold level of cortical dopamine D(2) receptor occupancy for the suppression of CAR is demonstrated in the present study...
Error analysis for PET measurement of dopamine D2 receptor occupancy by antipsychotics with [11C]raclopride and [11C]FLB 457Yoko Ikoma
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences 4 9 1, Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba, 263 8555, Japan
Neuroimage 42:1285-94. 2008..These results demonstrated that dopamine D(2) receptor occupancy by antipsychotics can be estimated precisely with an optimal scan duration with [(11)C]raclopride and [(11)C]FLB 457...
Age-related decline of serotonin transporters in living human brain of healthy malesMasahiro Yamamoto
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Life Sci 71:751-7. 2002..There was a significant age-related decline in BP in the thalamus and midbrain. The decline in [11C](+)McN5652 binding was 9.6% per decade in the thalamus and 10.5% per decade in the midbrain...
A prodrug of NMDA/glycine site antagonist, L-703,717, with improved BBB permeability: 4-acetoxy derivative and its positron-emitter labeled analogT Haradahira
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 49:147-50. 2001..These results indicate that 1 is a promising pharmacological tool as a prodrug of L-703,717 with improved BBB permeability...
Functional brain mapping of monkey tool useS Obayashi
Division of Advanced Technology for Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, CREST JST, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
Neuroimage 14:853-61. 2001..These tool use-specific areas may participate in maintaining and updating the body-image for the precise guidance of a hand-held rake onto a distant reward...
Quantitative analysis of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor in the human brain using PET with (11)C-AC-5216Michie Miyoshi
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba, Japan
J Nucl Med 50:1095-101. 2009..The aim of this study was to evaluate a quantification method of (11)C-AC-5216 binding in the human brain...
Decreased binding of [11C]NNC112 and [11C]SCH23390 in patients with chronic schizophreniaJun Kosaka
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba, Japan
Life Sci 86:814-8. 2010..However, the results of previous positron emission tomography (PET) studies of dopamine D1 receptor in schizophrenia were not consistent...
Low dopamine d(2) receptor binding in subregions of the thalamus in schizophreniaFumihiko Yasuno
National Institute of Radioloogical Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Am J Psychiatry 161:1016-22. 2004..Aberrant dopaminergic neurotransmission in thalamic subregions might be a mechanism underlying positive symptoms in schizophrenia...
Abnormal effective connectivity of dopamine D2 receptor binding in schizophreniaFumihiko Yasuno
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Psychiatry Res 138:197-207. 2005..These results suggest that a systems-level change reflected in the connectivity of D2 receptor binding is present in schizophrenia...
Phase-dependent roles of reactive microglia and astrocytes in nervous system injury as delineated by imaging of peripheral benzodiazepine receptorJun Maeda
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Brain Res 1157:100-11. 2007..The present findings collectively support the utility of PBR in identifying a unique temporal pattern of astrocytic and microglial activation that conventional glial markers hardly pursue...
Neonatal phencyclidine treatment selectively attenuates mesolimbic dopamine function in adult rats as revealed by methamphetamine-induced behavior and c-fos mRNA expression in the brainJ Semba
Division of Health Sciences, University of the Air, Chiba, Japan
Synapse 40:11-8. 2001..These results suggest that neonatal blockade of NMDA receptor, which induces a number of effects in the developing nervous system, may cause long-lasting functional changes of the mesolimbic dopamine system...
In vivo binding properties of [carbonyl-11C]WAY-100635: effect of endogenous serotoninJ Maeda
CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST, Chiba, Japan
Synapse 40:122-9. 2001..These results indicated that the in vivo binding of [carbonyl-(11)C]WAY-100635 in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex mainly reflects postsynaptic 5-HT(1A) receptor binding, and that this binding is not sensitive to endogenous 5-HT...
Quantitative analysis for estimating binding potential of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor with [(11)C]DAA1106Yoko Ikoma
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 27:173-84. 2007..However, there was no correlation between BP with NLS and DV with NLS, GA, and MA, because of the variation of K(1)/k(2) between individuals. In conclusion, BP is estimated most reliably by NLS with the two-tissue compartment model...
The role of extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptors in schizophreniaHidehiko Takahashi
Molecular Imaging Center, Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Biol Psychiatry 59:919-28. 2006..These notions suggest the need for future investigations of extrastriatal DA D2 receptor function to gain important clues regarding the pathogenesis and of possible treatments for schizophrenia...
Functional and structural synergy for resolution recovery and partial volume correction in brain PETMiho Shidahara
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Neuroimage 44:340-8. 2009..When the method is combined with anatomical probabilistic atlases, the outcome is a functional volume corrected for partial volume effects...
Effects of dopaminergic and serotonergic manipulation on emotional processing: a pharmacological fMRI studyHidehiko Takahashi
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
Neuroimage 27:991-1001. 2005..At the same time, our findings suggest that pharmacological fMRI could be a powerful tool for investigating the neurophysiological properties of drugs targeting neuropsychiatric disorders...
[Imaging of glial cells by positron-emitted peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligands]Jun Maeda
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa, Chiba, Japan
Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi 26:17-21. 2006..We concluded that PET imaging by PBR ligands is useful for diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders...
Measurement of glycine binding site of N-methyl-D-asparate receptors in living human brain using 4-acetoxy derivative of L-703,717, 4-acetoxy-7-chloro-3-[3-(4-[11c] methoxybenzyl) phenyl]-2(1H)-quinolone (AcL703) with positron emission tomographyRyohei Matsumoto
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Synapse 61:795-800. 2007..This indicates the possibility of in vivo evaluation of NMDA receptors using PET with [11C]AcL703 in living human brain...
Effects of the reference tissue setting on the parametric image of 11C-WAY 100635Akihiro Takano
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Nucl Med Commun 28:193-8. 2007..In this study, regions of interest (ROIs) of the cerebellum for C-WAY 100635 were determined in five different approaches for six healthy male volunteers, and the effects on binding potential parametric images were compared...
Increased binding of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor in Alzheimer's disease measured by positron emission tomography with [11C]DAA1106Fumihiko Yasuno
Clinical Neuroimaging Section, Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Biol Psychiatry 64:835-41. 2008..The role of activated microglia in AD is an important topic in the pathophysiology of AD. The aim of this study was to quantify PBR in AD brain with a new high-sensitive PBR ligand, [(11)C]DAA1106...
Serotonin transporter binding in patients with mood disorders: a PET study with [11C](+)McN5652Tetsuya Ichimiya
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Biol Psychiatry 51:715-22. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: These findings may suggest the possibility of altered 5-HTT in patients with mood disorders. Functional abnormality in the thalamus may be involved in the pathophysiology of mood disorders...
Quantitative analysis of 11C-verapamil transfer at the human blood-brain barrier for evaluation of P-glycoprotein functionYoko Ikoma
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
J Nucl Med 47:1531-7. 2006....
Evaluation of in vivo P-glycoprotein function at the blood-brain barrier among MDR1 gene polymorphisms by using 11C-verapamilAkihiro Takano
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
J Nucl Med 47:1427-33. 2006....
[Molecular imaging in the drug development of psychotropics using positron emission tomography]Harumasa Takano
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba City, 263 8555 Chiba, Japan
Brain Nerve 59:215-20. 2007....
Progressive changes of pre- and post-synaptic dopaminergic biomarkers in conscious MPTP-treated cynomolgus monkeys measured by positron emission tomographyYuji Nagai
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
Synapse 61:809-19. 2007....
Quantitative analyses of 18F-FEDAA1106 binding to peripheral benzodiazepine receptors in living human brainYota Fujimura
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
J Nucl Med 47:43-50. 2006..CONCLUSION: The simulation studies indicated that NLS is a suitable method for the estimation of (18)F-FEDAA1106 binding to PBRs...
Quantitative PET analysis of the dopamine D2 receptor agonist radioligand 11C-(R)-2-CH3O-N-n-propylnorapomorphine in the human brainTatsui Otsuka
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
J Nucl Med 50:703-10. 2009..In the present study, the kinetics of (11)C-MNPA were examined for the first time, to our knowledge, in the human brain and analyzed using quantitative approaches with or without an arterial input function...
In vivo mapping of substance P receptors in brains of laboratory animals by high-resolution imaging systemsEisuke Haneda
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Synapse 61:205-15. 2007....
Regional dopamine synthesis in patients with schizophrenia using L-[beta-11C]DOPA PETShoko Nozaki
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Schizophr Res 108:78-84. 2009..Patients with schizophrenia showed higher dopamine synthesis in the left caudate nucleus, and dopaminergic transmission in the thalamus and right temporal cortex might be implicated in the expression of symptoms in schizophrenia...
Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy by perospirone: a positron emission tomography study in patients with schizophrenia and healthy subjectsRyosuke Arakawa
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1, Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba, 263 8555, Japan
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 209:285-90. 2010..There has been no investigation of dopamine D(2) receptor occupancy in patients with schizophrenia and the time course of occupancy by antipsychotics with perospirone-like properties...
Visualization of alpha5 subunit of GABAA/benzodiazepine receptor by 11C Ro15-4513 using positron emission tomographyJun Maeda
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Synapse 47:200-8. 2003....
Inhibitory effect of hippocampal 5-HT1A receptors on human explicit memoryFumihiko Yasuno
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Am J Psychiatry 160:334-40. 2003..Drugs that work as antagonists on postsynaptic 5-HT(1A) receptors may be favorable for improved control of memory impairment...
Template-based method for multiple volumes of interest of human brain PET imagesFumihiko Yasuno
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan
Neuroimage 16:577-86. 2002..The template-based method was found to be both accurate and robust and can be used as a reliable alternative for the manual determination of VOIs...
Effects of image reconstruction algorithm on neurotransmission PET studies in humans: comparison between filtered backprojection and ordered subsets expectation maximizationTakuya Morimoto
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1, Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Ann Nucl Med 20:237-43. 2006..This study indicates that OSEM can be used for human neurotransmission PET studies for calculating BP although OSEM was not necessarily superior to FBP in the present study...
Increase in thalamic binding of [(11)C]PE2I in patients with schizophrenia: a positron emission tomography study of dopamine transporterRyosuke Arakawa
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
J Psychiatr Res 43:1219-23. 2009..75), positive (r=0.78) and negative PANSS scores (r=0.82). Altered DAT in the thalamus might be related to the pathophysiology and clinical symptoms of schizophrenia...
Correlation between quantitative imaging and behavior in unilaterally 6-OHDA-lesioned ratsMotoki Inaji
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Science, 4-9-1 Aragawa, Inage, Chiba 305-8555, Japan
Brain Res 1064:136-45. 2005....
Novel peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligand [11C]DAA1106 for PET: an imaging tool for glial cells in the brainJun Maeda
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Synapse 52:283-91. 2004..11)C]DAA1106 binding was four times higher compared to the binding of [(11)C]PK11195 in the monkey occipital cortex. These results indicated that [(11)C]DAA1106 might be a good ligand for in vivo imaging of PBR...
Longitudinal, quantitative assessment of amyloid, neuroinflammation, and anti-amyloid treatment in a living mouse model of Alzheimer's disease enabled by positron emission tomographyJun Maeda
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
J Neurosci 27:10957-68. 2007....
Reduced serotonin transporter binding in the insular cortex in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a [11C]DASB PET studyRyohei Matsumoto
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba, Japan
Neuroimage 49:121-6. 2010..The change in [(11)C]DASB binding in the insular cortex suggests that dysfunction of the serotonergic system in the limbic area might be involved in the pathophysiology of OCD...
Quantitative analysis of dopamine transporters in human brain using [11C]PE2I and positron emission tomography: evaluation of reference tissue modelsChie Seki
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba, 263 8555, Japan
Ann Nucl Med 24:249-60. 2010..The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of quantification methods using reference tissue models for [(11)C]PE2I...
7Li 2D CSI of human brain on a clinical scannerF Girard
Division of Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
MAGMA 13:1-7. 2001..The distribution of 7Li appears uniform in the brains of the patients studied...
Relationship between baseline cerebral blood flow and vascular responses to changes in PaCO2 measured by positron emission tomography in humans: implication of inter-individual variations of cerebral vascular toneH Ito
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Akita Research Institute of Brain and Blood Vessels, Akita, Japan
Acta Physiol (Oxf) 193:325-30. 2008..In the present study, the relationship between CBF and cerebral vascular tone to inter-individual variation at rest condition was investigated using positron emission tomography (PET)...
Brain and whole body distribution of N-isopropyl-4-iodoamphetamine (I-123) in humans: comparison of radiopharmaceuticals marketed by different companies in JapanHiroshi Ito
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Division of Brain Sciences, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
Ann Nucl Med 20:493-8. 2006..Two IMPs (IMPA and IMPB) produced by different radiopharmaceutical companies are marketed in Japan. In the present study, whole-body distributions including brain and blood of the two IMPs were compared in the same human subjects...
Regional heterogeneity and age-related change in sub-regions of internal capsule evaluated by diffusion tensor imagingHiroshi Kawaguchi
Department of Biophysics, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
Brain Res 1354:30-9. 2010..Evaluation using eigenvalues (lambda(L) and lambda(T)), as well as FA and MD, may provide important information towards understanding age-related changes and may also be useful for clinical diagnosis of diseased IC...
Neural correlates of human virtue judgmentHidehiko Takahashi
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa, Chiba, Japan
Cereb Cortex 18:1886-91. 2008..The central process of moral beauty evaluation might be related to that of aesthetic evaluation. Our finding might contribute to a better understanding of human morality...
[In vivo evaluation of expressed protein function by PET]Ryohei Matsumoto
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi 25:137-41. 2005..This approach can provide in vivo pharmacological evidences of antipsychotics and establish a rational therapeutic strategy. PET is a powerful tool not only in the field of brain research but also drug discovery and individual medicine...
Synthesis and evaluation of 3-(4-chlorobenzyl)-8-[11C]methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrochromeno[3,4-c]pyridin-5-one: a PET tracer for imaging sigma(1) receptorsMing Rong Zhang
CREST, Japan Sciences and Technology Corporation, Kawaguchi, Japan
Nucl Med Biol 29:469-76. 2002..These results indicate that [11C]1 may have some specific binding to the sigma(1) receptors, which is consistent with the result of in vitro autoradiography...
Monkey brain activity modulated by reward preferences: a positron emission tomography studyShigeru Obayashi
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center MIC, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
Neurosci Res 64:421-8. 2009..The present results may include the brain regions subserving motivational changes by subjective reward significances...
Effects of the antipsychotic risperidone on dopamine synthesis in human brain measured by positron emission tomography with L-[beta-11C]DOPA: a stabilizing effect for dopaminergic neurotransmission?Hiroshi Ito
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba, Japan
J Neurosci 29:13730-4. 2009..The therapeutic effects of risperidone in schizophrenia might be related to such stabilizing effects on dopaminergic neurotransmission responsivity...
In-vivo visualization of key molecular processes involved in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis: Insights from neuroimaging research in humans and rodent modelsMakoto Higuchi
Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
Biochim Biophys Acta 1802:373-88. 2010....
Syntheses and pharmacological evaluation of two potent antagonists for dopamine D4 receptors: [11C]YM-50001 and N-[2-[4-(4-Chlorophenyl)-piperizin-1-yl]ethyl]-3-[11C]methoxybenzamideMing Rong Zhang
CREST, Japan Sciences and Technology Corporation, 4 1 8 332 0012, Honmachi, Kawaguchi, Japan
Nucl Med Biol 29:233-41. 2002..However, the effort to determine the specific binding for D4 failed. These results indicate that both of the benzamide derivatives would not be suitable radioligands for D4 receptors with PET...
Role of ventral striatal dopamine D1 receptor in cigarette cravingFumihiko Yasuno
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
Biol Psychiatry 61:1252-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to determine correlations between craving-related brain activation and dopamine D1 receptor (D1R) binding in smokers...
N-(5-Fluoro-2-phenoxyphenyl)-N-(2-[(131)I]iodo-5-me thoxybenzyl)acetamide: a potent iodinated radioligand for the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor in brainMing Rong Zhang
Radiochemistry Section, Department of Molecular Probe, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
J Med Chem 50:848-55. 2007..Ex vivo autoradiography of the rat brain gave visual evidence that [131I]3a was a potent and specific radioligand for PBR...
Metabolite analysis of [11C]Ro15-4513 in mice, rats, monkeys and humansT Kida
Department of Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Nucl Med Biol 30:779-84. 2003....
Differential effects of acute and chronic treatment with typical and atypical neuroleptics on c-fos mRNA expression in rat forebrain regions using non-radioactive in situ hybridizationJ Semba
University of the Air, Chiba, Japan
Neurochem Int 34:269-77. 1999..Since chronic neuroleptics do not induce tolerance to their antipsychotic activities, our study suggests that the shell region of N. accumbens is an important target site for antipsychotic effects of neuroleptics...
Mapping of brain acetylcholinesterase alterations in Lewy body disease by PETH Shimada
Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba shi, Chiba 260 8555, Japan
Neurology 73:273-8. 2009..To characterize brain cholinergic deficits in Parkinson disease (PD), PD with dementia (PDD), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)...
Synthesis of 11C-labelled bis(phenylalkyl)amines and their in vitro and in vivo binding properties in rodent and monkey brainsShigeki Sasaki
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
Biol Pharm Bull 27:531-7. 2004..The present findings indicate that none of these (11)C-labelled analogues have potential for PET study of binding sites on the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors...
Synthesis, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology of a C-11 labeled analog of CP-101,606, (+/-)threo-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-[4-hydroxy-4-(p-[11C]methoxyphenyl)piperidino]-1-propanol, as a PET tracer for NR2B subunit-containing NMDA receptorsTerushi Haradahira
Department of Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
Nucl Med Biol 29:517-25. 2002..Thus, the present studies point to the possibility that the polyamines and cations behave as endogenous inhibitors for (+/-)[11C]1 binding, leading to the loss of the specific binding in vivo...
Decreased 5-HT1A receptor binding in amygdala of schizophreniaFumihiko Yasuno
Department of Psychiatry (YO, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
Biol Psychiatry 55:439-44. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Decreased serotonin-1A receptor binding in the amygdala may underlie the affective components included in the symptoms of negative and depression/anxiety in schizophrenia...
Linearized reference tissue parametric imaging methods: application to [11C]DASB positron emission tomography studies of the serotonin transporter in human brainMasanori Ichise
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 23:1096-112. 2003..MRTM2 allowed rapid generation of parametric images with the noise reductions consistent with the simulations. Rapid parametric imaging by MRTM2 should be a useful method for human [11C]DASB positron emission tomography studies...
[PET (positron emission tomography) research on schizophrenia]Akihiro Takano
Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi 128:177-83. 2006
Effects of endogenous agonists, glycine and D-serine, on in vivo specific binding of [11C]L-703,717, a PET radioligand for the glycine-binding site of NMDA receptorsTerushi Haradahira
Department of Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
Synapse 50:130-6. 2003....
No association between genotype of the promoter region of serotonin transporter gene and serotonin transporter binding in human brain measured by PETKunihiko Shioe
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Tamaho, Japan
Synapse 48:184-8. 2003..118, s/s: 0.825 +/- 0.209). In conclusion, this study does not support the assumption that the genotype-dependent differences of 5-HTTLPR directly contributes to the regulation of the 5-HTT binding site in the living human brain...
[Pathophysiology of mood disorders and the therapy]Tetsuya Suhara
Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi 104:464-71. 2002
Quantitative analysis for estimating binding potential of the brain serotonin transporter with [11 C]McN5652Yoko Ikoma
Department of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 22:490-501. 2002....
Development of a new radioligand, N-(5-fluoro-2-phenoxyphenyl)-N-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl-5-methoxybenzyl)acetamide, for pet imaging of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor in primate brainMing Rong Zhang
Department of Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4 9 1 Anagawa, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
J Med Chem 47:2228-35. 2004..No radioactive metabolite of [(18)F]5 was detected in the mouse brain. The biological data indicate that [(18)F]5 is a useful PET ligand for PBR and is currently used for imaging PBR in human brain...
[Evaluation of drug therapy based on the results of imaging]Tetsuya Suhara
Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi 106:916-20. 2004
Wavelet denoising for voxel-based compartmental analysis of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors with (18)F-FEDAA1106Miho Shidahara
Biophysics Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage, Chiba, Japan
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 35:416-23. 2008..We evaluated the noise reduction capability of wavelet denoising for estimated binding potential (BP) images (k (3)/k (4)) of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor using (18)F-FEDAA1106 and nonlinear least-square fitting...
[2-11C]isopropyl-, [1-11C]ethyl-, and [11C]methyl-labeled phenoxyphenyl acetamide derivatives as positron emission tomography ligands for the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor: radiosynthesis, uptake, and in vivo binding in brainMing Rong Zhang
Department of Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8555, Japan
J Med Chem 49:2735-42. 2006..Metabolite analysis demonstrated that these [(11)C]ligands were metabolized by debenzylation to polar products mainly in the plasma...
Quantitative magnetic resonance spectroscopy of schizophrenia: relationship between decreased N-acetylaspartate and frontal lobe dysfunctionYoko Tanaka
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, and Asai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 60:365-72. 2006..544, P<0.05). Using quantitative MRS, decreased NAA concentration was confirmed in the left frontal lobe of schizophrenic patients and was demonstrated to be correlated with negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia...
[Distribution and function of dopamine D1, D2 receptor]Tetsuya Suhara
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Clinical Neuroimaging Section, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Rinsho Shinkeigaku 47:826-8. 2007....
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on [11C]raclopride binding and cognitive function in patients with depressionYuko Kuroda
Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
J Affect Disord 95:35-42. 2006..Our results suggest that release of striatal dopamine induced by rTMS may be only transient, or that dopamine release may be attenuated following chronic rTMS...
Difference in brain distributions of carbon 11-labeled 4-hydroxy-2(1H)-quinolones as PET radioligands for the glycine-binding site of the NMDA ion channelTakeshi Fuchigami
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi ku, Fukuoka 812 8582, Japan
Nucl Med Biol 35:203-12. 2008....
In vivo PET measurements with [11C]PE2I to evaluate fetal mesencephalic transplantations to unilateral 6-OHDA-lesioned ratsMotoki Inaji
Brain Imaging Project, National Institute of Radiological Science, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan
Cell Transplant 14:655-63. 2005..Repeated PET measurements of DA transporters are a useful tool in assessing the effectiveness of neural transplantations...
[Usefulness of PET in clinical trials of psychotropic drugs]Tetsuya Suhara
Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi 107:704-11. 2005
