Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel carbon-11 labeled pyridyl ethers: candidate ligands for in vivo imaging of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α4β2-nAChRs) in the brain with positron emission tomography
作者:Yongjun Gao、Hayden T. Ravert、Hiroto Kuwabara、Yingxian Xiao、Christopher J. Endres、John Hilton、Daniel P. Holt、Anil Kumar、Mohab Alexander、Dean F. Wong、Robert F. Dannals、Andrew G. Horti
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.05.021
日期:2009.7
cerebral nicotinicacetylcholinereceptors (nAChR), α4β2, plays a critical role in various brain functions and pathological states. Imaging agents suitable for visualization and quantification of α4β2 nAChRs by positronemissiontomography (PET) would present unique opportunities to define the function and pharmacology of the nAChRs in the living human brain. In this study, we report the synthesis, nAChR