Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 327-334 , April 2008

Radiosynthesis and in vivo evaluation of N-[11C]methylated imidazopyridineacetamides as PET tracers for peripheral benzodiazepine receptors

  • Katsuhiko Sekimata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Brain Sciences and Molecular Imaging, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan
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  • Kentaro Hatano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Brain Sciences and Molecular Imaging, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 562 44 6596; fax: +81 562 44 6596.
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  • Mikako Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Photon Medical Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka 431-3192 Japan
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  • Junichiro Abe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Brain Sciences and Molecular Imaging, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuhiro Magata

      Affiliations

    • Photon Medical Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka 431-3192 Japan
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  • Giovanni Biggio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Biology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari 09100, Italy
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  • Mariangela Serra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Biology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari 09100, Italy
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  • Valentino Laquintana

      Affiliations

    • Pharmaco-Chemistry Department, University of Bari, Bari 70125, Italy
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  • Nunzio Denora

      Affiliations

    • Pharmaco-Chemistry Department, University of Bari, Bari 70125, Italy
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  • Andrea Latrofa

      Affiliations

    • Pharmaco-Chemistry Department, University of Bari, Bari 70125, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Trapani

      Affiliations

    • Pharmaco-Chemistry Department, University of Bari, Bari 70125, Italy
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  • Gaetano Liso

      Affiliations

    • Pharmaco-Chemistry Department, University of Bari, Bari 70125, Italy
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  • Kengo Ito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Brain Sciences and Molecular Imaging, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan

Received 18 September 2006 ,Revised 22 November 2007 ,Accepted 14 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.12.005

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
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