Carbon-11 and fluorine-18 labeled radioligands for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for the brain serotonin transporters
申请人:Huang Yiyun
公开号:US20110097274A1
公开(公告)日:2011-04-28
This invention provides a compound having the structure:
This invention also provides for related compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. This invention further provides for a compound that can be used for non-invasive method for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of serotonin transporter sites in mammals comprising labeling serotonin transporter sites (SERT) with an image-generating amount of the radiolabeled compound disclosed herein and measuring spatial distribution of the compound in the mammal by PET so as to thereby image the serotonin transporter sites.