In vivo molecular imaging of the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex in the aged rat brain

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1457-1465

  Hoekzema, Elseline ^a   Rojas, Santiago ^b   Herance, Raúl ^b   Pareto, Deborah ^b,g   Abad, Sergio ^c   Jiménez, Xavier ^c   Figueiras, Francisca P ^c   Popota, Foteini ^c   Ruiz, Alba ^c   Flotats, Núria ^c   Fernández, Francisco J ^c   Rocha, Milagros ^d   Rovira, Mariana ^e   Víctor, Víctor M ^d,f   Gispert, Juan D ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^c CRC Centre d'Imatge Molecular   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e CRC Health Corporation Corporació Sanitària CRC Tavern   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Benzodiazepine; Flumazenil; GABA; Molecular imaging; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; FLUMAZENIL C 11; POLYPEPTIDE; RADIOLIGAND;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECOGNITION SITE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICRO POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84861195206     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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