Comparison of 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP, two novel agonist PET radiotracers for imaging the kappa opioid receptor in humans

M Naganawa, S Li, N Nabulsi, S Lin, D Labaree… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
357 Objectives: The kappa opioid receptor (KOR) has been implicated in various
neuropsychiatric disorders. We have previously developed KOR agonist (11 C …

Evaluation of 18F-LY2459989 for imaging the kappa opioid receptor in humans

M Naganawa, S Li, N Nabulsi, S Najafzadeh, H Gao… - 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
577 Objectives: The kappa opioid receptor (KOR) has been implicated in various
neuropsychiatric disorders. We have previously evaluated a pair of PET radiotracers for …

Kinetic Modeling and Test–Retest Reproducibility of 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP, Novel Agonist Radiotracers for PET Imaging of the κ-Opioid Receptor in Humans

M Naganawa, S Li, N Nabulsi, S Lin… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
The κ-opioid receptor (KOR) is implicated in various neuropsychiatric disorders. We
previously evaluated an agonist tracer, 11C-GR103545, for PET imaging of KOR in humans …

Imaging kappa opioid receptor in humans with a novel antagonist tracer,[11C] LY2795050

Y Huang, W Williams, G Tomasi, MQ Zheng, J Olsen… - 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
102 Objectives We have developed [11 C] LY2795050 as a novel, selective antagonist PET
tracer for the kappa opioid receptors (KOR) and demonstrated its suitability to image KOR in …

Synthesis and evaluation of 11C-LY2795050 as a κ-opioid receptor antagonist radiotracer for PET imaging

MQ Zheng, N Nabulsi, SJ Kim, G Tomasi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
Kappa-opioid receptors (KOR) are believed to be involved in the pathophysiology of
depression, anxiety disorders, drug abuse, and alcoholism. To date, only 1 tracer, the KOR …

Evaluation of the agonist PET radioligand [11C] GR103545 to image kappa opioid receptor in humans: Kinetic model selection, test–retest reproducibility and receptor …

M Naganawa, LK Jacobsen, MQ Zheng, SF Lin… - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction Kappa opioid receptors (KOR) are implicated in several brain disorders. In this
report, a first-in-human positron emission tomography (PET) study was conducted with the …

Determination of in vivo Bmax and Kd for 11C-GR103545, an agonist PET tracer for κ-opioid receptors: a study in nonhuman primates

G Tomasi, N Nabulsi, MQ Zheng… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
The κ-opioid receptors (KOR) are involved in mood disorders and addictive conditions. In
vivo imaging studies of this receptor in humans have not been reported because of the lack …

Development and in vivo evaluation of a κ-opioid receptor agonist as a PET radiotracer with superior imaging characteristics

S Li, MQ Zheng, M Naganawa, S Kim… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Studies have shown κ-opioid receptor (KOR) abnormalities in addictive disorders, other
central nervous system diseases, and Alzheimer's disease. We have developed the first set …

Test–retest reproducibility of binding parameters in humans with 11C-LY2795050, an antagonist PET radiotracer for the κ opioid receptor

M Naganawa, MQ Zheng, S Henry… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
11C-LY2795050 is a new antagonist PET radioligand for the κ opioid receptor (KOR). In this
study, we assessed the reproducibility of the binding parameters of 11C-LY2795050 in …

Novel 18F-labeled κ-opioid receptor antagonist as PET radiotracer: synthesis and in vivo evaluation of 18F-LY2459989 in nonhuman primates

S Li, Z Cai, MQ Zheng, D Holden… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
The κ-opioid receptor (KOR) has been implicated in depression, addictions, and other
central nervous system disorders and, thus, is an important target for drug development. We …