Brain Acetylcholinesterase Activity: Validation of a PET Tracer in a Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 649-655

  Irie, Toshiaki ^a   Fukushi, Kiyoshi ^b   Namba, Hiroki ^b   Iyo, Masaomi ^b   Tamagami, Hiroshi ^b   Nagatsuka, Shin Ichiro ^b   Ikota, Nobuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Alzheimer's disease; Biochemical validation study; PET

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOFETAMINE; N METHYL 4 PIPERIDYL ACETATE; N METHYL 4 PIPERIDYL ISOBUTYRATE; N METHYL 4 PIPERIDYL PROPIONATE; N-METHYL-4-PIPERIDYL ACETATE; N-METHYL-4-PIPERIDYL ISOBUTYRATE; N-METHYL-4-PIPERIDYL PROPIONATE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ACETATES; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMPHETAMINES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IOFETAMINE; MALE; PIPERIDINES; PROPIONATES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030118384     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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