Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 801-809 , October 2009

Imaging of peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor in tumor: in vitro binding and in vivo biodistribution of N-benzyl-N-[11C]methyl-2-(7-methyl-8-oxo-2-phenyl-7,8-dihydro-9H-purin-9-yl)acetamide

  • Tomoteru Yamasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Probes, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Katsushi Kumata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Probes, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Kazuhiko Yanamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Probes, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Akiko Hatori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Probes, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Makoto Takei

      Affiliations

    • Tokyo Nuclear Service Co. Ltd., Tokyo 141-8686, Japan
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  • Yukio Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Tokyo Nuclear Service Co. Ltd., Tokyo 141-8686, Japan
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  • Sachiko Koike

      Affiliations

    • Heavy-ion Radiobiology Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Koichi Ando

      Affiliations

    • Heavy-ion Radiobiology Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Kazutoshi Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Probes, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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  • Ming-Rong Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Probes, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Radiochemistry Section, Department of Molecular Probes, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555, Japan. Tel.: +81 43 206 4041; fax: +81 43 206 3261.

Received 20 February 2009 ,Revised 30 April 2009 ,Accepted 12 May 2009.

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PII: S0969-8051(09)00128-0

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.05.002

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 801-809 , October 2009