[HTML][HTML] Application of cross-species PET imaging to assess neurotransmitter release in brain

SJ Finnema, M Scheinin, M Shahid, J Lehto… - …, 2015 - Springer
Rationale This review attempts to summarize the current status in relation to the use of
positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in the assessment of synaptic concentrations of …

Imaging synaptic density in the living human brain

SJ Finnema, NB Nabulsi, T Eid, K Detyniecki… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
… Samples were drawn every 10 s for the first 90 s and at 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 2.75, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, and 120 min after [ 11 C]UCB-J injection. For each …

Imaging of synaptic density in neurodegenerative disorders

…, MK Chen, D Matuskey, SJ Finnema - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
… and psychiatric symptoms in Huntington’s disease. Neuroscience. 2013;251:66-74. … s
disease and Parkinson’s disease human brains. J Neurodegener Dis. 2014;2014:938530. …

Assessing synaptic density in Alzheimer disease with synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A positron emission tomographic imaging

…, SJ Finnema, T Toyonaga, S Lin, S Najafzadeh… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
… Progressive accumulation of amyloid-beta oligomers in Alzheimer’s disease and in amyloid
… Dr Finnema was supported by an international postdoctoral grant from the Swedish …

[HTML][HTML] Lower synaptic density is associated with depression severity and network alterations

SE Holmes, D Scheinost, SJ Finnema… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Synaptic loss and deficits in functional connectivity are hypothesized to contribute to symptoms
associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (…

Kinetic evaluation and test–retest reproducibility of [11C]UCB-J, a novel radioligand for positron emission tomography imaging of synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A in …

SJ Finnema, NB Nabulsi, J Mercier… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) is ubiquitously present in presynaptic terminals.
Here we report kinetic modeling and test–retest reproducibility assessment of the SV2A …

PET imaging for early detection of Alzheimer's disease: from pathologic to physiologic biomarkers

W Bao, H Jia, S Finnema, Z Cai, RE Carson… - PET clinics, 2017 - pet.theclinics.com
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects more than 35 million people worldwide, and the number is
estimated to quadruple in 40 years if there remains no cure. 1–4 AD is characterized by the …

Synaptic changes in Parkinson disease assessed with in vivo imaging

…, RA Comley, Y Huang, SJ Finnema… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Parkinson disease is characterized by motor and nonmotor symptoms, reduced
striatal dopamine signaling, and loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra. It is now …

In vivo evidence of lower synaptic vesicle density in schizophrenia

…, M Naganawa, T Toyonaga, S Finnema… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
… Samples were drawn every 10 s for the first 90 s and at 1.75, 2, 2.25, 2.5, 2.75, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90 min after [ 11 C]UCB-J injection. For each sample, plasma …

Comparison of [11C]UCB-J and [18F]FDG PET in Alzheimer's disease: A tracer kinetic modeling study

…, J Mondal, SJ Finnema, S Lin… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
[ 11 C]UCB-J PET for synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 A (SV2A) has been proposed as a
suitable marker for synaptic density in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We compared [ 11 C]UCB-J …