Striatal D2 dopamine receptor binding characteristics in vivo in patients with alcohol dependence

…, C West, E Syvälahti, K Någren, P Lehikoinen… - …, 1994 - Springer
Striatal D 2 dopamine receptor characteristics of nine male patients with alcohol dependence
abstinent for 1–68 weeks and eight healthy male volunteers were studied in vivo with …

Myocardial efficiency during levosimendan infusion in congestive heart failure

…, M Karanko, H Iida, P Lehikoinen… - Clinical …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Levosimendan, a novel calcium‐dependent calcium sensitizer of the myocardial
contractile proteins, also enhances diastolic relaxation and induces peripheral vasodilation by …

Decrease in Human Striatal Dopamine D2 Receptor Density with Age: A PET Study with [11C]Raclopride

…, A Laihinen, K Någren, P Lehikoinen… - Journal of Cerebral …, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
The effect of age on human striatal dopamine D 2 receptors was investigated with positron
emission tomography (PET) using [ 11 C]raclopride as a radioligand. Twenty-one healthy …

Kinetics of [11C]choline uptake in prostate cancer: a PET stydy

…, M Varpula, T Tolvanen, P Lehikoinen… - European journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Carbon-11 choline has recently been introduced as a potential tracer for tumour imaging
with positron emission tomography (PET). We evaluated the kinetics of the uptake of [ 11 C]…

Striatal D2 dopamine receptor characteristics in neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients studied with positron emission tomography

…, K Vuorio, K Nägren, P Lehikoinen… - Archives of general …, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Background: According to the D 2 dopamine receptor hypothesis of schizophrenia, there is
an increased number of D 2 receptors in the brains of schizophrenic patients than in those of …

Blood metabolism of [methyl- 11C]choline; implications for in vivo imaging with positron emission tomography

…, S Forsback, T Grönroos, P Lehikoinen… - European journal of …, 2000 - Springer
[ methyl - 11 C]Choline ( 11 C-choline) is a radioligand potentially useful for oncological
positron emission tomography (PET). As a first step towards the development of a kinetic model …

[PDF][PDF] Upregulation of putaminal dopamine D2 receptors in early Parkinson's disease: a comparative PET study with [11C] raclopride and [11C] N-methylspiperone

…, HM Ruottinen, K Någren, P Lehikoinen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
Methods: SevenpatientswithearlyParkinson'sdiseaseand5 healthy volunteerswere studied.
Each underwentPET both with reversible [11C] RACand with irreversible [11C] NMSP. …

Radiotherapy treatment planning and long-term follow-up with [11C] methionine PET in patients with low-grade astrocytoma

J Nuutinen, P Sonninen, P Lehikoinen… - International Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of [ 11 C]-methionine positron emission tomography (MET
PET) in radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning and long-term follow-up in patients with low-…

Use of positron emission tomography with methyl‐11C‐choline and 2‐18F‐fluoro‐2‐deoxy‐D‐glucose in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging for the …

…, R Parkkola, T Yli‐Kerttula, P Lehikoinen… - Arthritis & …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) in the evaluation of inflammatory proliferation of synovium. Methods Ten patients (…

Increased density of dopamine D2 receptors in the putamen, but not in the caudate nucleus in early Parkinson's disease: a PET study with [11C] raclopride

…, U Ruotsalainen, K Någren, P Lehikoinen… - Journal of the …, 1995 - Elsevier
Striatal dopamine D2 receptors were studied, using positron emission tomography (PET), in
10 patients with early Parkinson's disease without any antiparkinsonian medication and in …