Imaging of aromatase distribution in rat and rhesus monkey brains with [11C]vorozole

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 599-605

  Takahashi, Kayo ^a,b   Bergström, Mats ^a,b   Frändberg, Pernilla ^b   Vesström, Eva Lotta ^b   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^c   Långström, Bengt ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Uppsala Imanet   (Sweden)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Aromatase; Hypothalamus; Positron emission tomography; Sex steroids; Vorozole

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOROZOLE; VOROZOLE C 11;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG UPTAKE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MONKEY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPTIC AREA; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33745825511     PISSN: 09698051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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