PET Imaging of Brain Amyloid Using [11C]MeS-IMPY

Summary

Alzheimer's disease is associated with accumulation in the brain of a protein called amyloid. The purpose of this study is to test the ability of a research drug to measure amyloid in brain using positron emission tomography (PET) and a research drug called \[11C\]MeS-IMPY.

Timeline

Start

2006-12-01

Primary completion

2008-11-07

Completion

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Publications

• Background Agdeppa ED, Kepe V, Liu J, Flores-Torres S, Satyamurthy N, Petric A, Cole GM, Small GW, Huang SC, Barrio JR. Binding characteristics of radiofluorinated 6-dialkylamino-2-naphthylethylidene derivatives as positron emission tomography imaging probes for beta-amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease. J Neurosci. 2001 Dec 15;21(24):RC189. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-24-j0004.2001.
• Background Burger C, Buck A. Requirements and implementation of a flexible kinetic modeling tool. J Nucl Med. 1997 Nov;38(11):1818-23.
• Background Ichise M, Toyama H, Innis RB, Carson RE. Strategies to improve neuroreceptor parameter estimation by linear regression analysis. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2002 Oct;22(10):1271-81. doi: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000038000.34930.4E.

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