Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A: features and functions

R Rossi, S Arjmand, SL Bærentzen, A Gjedde… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the field of neuroimaging dramatically moved forward by means of the
expeditious development of specific radioligands of novel targets. Among these targets, the …

Carbon-11: radiochemistry and target-based PET molecular imaging applications in oncology, cardiology, and neurology

NS Goud, A Bhattacharya, RK Joshi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The positron emission tomography (PET) molecular imaging technique has gained its
universal value as a remarkable tool for medical diagnosis and biomedical research …

Systemic inflammation induced the delayed reduction of excitatory synapses in the CA3 during ageing

T Manabe, I Rácz, S Schwartz, L Oberle… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sepsis‐associated encephalopathy (SAE) represents diverse cerebral dysfunctions in
response to pathogen‐induced systemic inflammation. Peripheral exposure to …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced SV2A and GABAA receptor levels in the brains of type 2 diabetic rats revealed by [18F] SDM-8 and [18F] flumazenil PET

Y Kong, L Cao, F Xie, X Wang, C Zuo, K Shi… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with a greater risk of Alzheimer's
disease. Synaptic impairment and protein aggregates have been reported in the brains of …

Synaptic changes in psychiatric and neurological disorders: state-of-the art of in vivo imaging

O Howes, J Marcinkowska, FE Turkheimer… - …, 2024 - nature.com
Synapses are implicated in many neuropsychiatric illnesses. Here, we provide an overview
of in vivo techniques to index synaptic markers in patients. Several positron emission …

PET Imaging of Innate Immune Activation Using 11C Radiotracers Targeting GPR84

M Kalita, JH Park, RC Kuo, S Hayee, S Marsango… - JACS au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Chronic innate immune activation is a key hallmark of many neurological diseases and is
known to result in the upregulation of GPR84 in myeloid cells (macrophages, microglia, and …

Development of a ligand for in vivo imaging of mutant huntingtin in Huntington's disease

D Bertoglio, J Bard, M Hessmann, L Liu… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Huntington's disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by
a CAG trinucleotide expansion in the huntingtin (HTT) gene that encodes the pathologic …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo imaging of synaptic density with [11C] UCB-J PET in two mouse models of neurodegenerative disease

M Xiong, S Roshanbin, J Rokka, E Schlein… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
The positron emission tomography (PET) radioligand [11 C] UCB-J binds to synaptic vesicle
protein 2A (SV2A) and is used to investigate synaptic density in the living brain. Clinical …

In vivo imaging of synaptic SV2A protein density in healthy and striatal-lesioned rats with [11C] UCB-J PET

MB Thomsen, J Jacobsen… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The number of functionally active synapses provides a measure of neural integrity, with
reductions observed in neurodegenerative disorders.[11C] UCB-J binds to synaptic vesicle …

Challenges and rewards of in vivo synaptic density imaging, and its application to the study of depression

RH Asch, CG Abdallah, RE Carson… - …, 2024 - nature.com
The development of novel radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging
agents targeting the synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 A (SV2A), an integral glycoprotein …