PET imaging for receptor occupancy: meditations on calculation and simplification

Publication date: March 2012 Source:Journal of Biomedical Research, Volume 26, Issue 2 Author(s): Yumin Zhang , Gerard B. Fox This invited mini-review briefly summarizes procedures and challenges of measuring receptor occupancy with positron emission tomography. Instead of describing the detailed analytic procedures of in vivo ligand-receptor imaging, the authors provide a pragmatic approach, along with personal perspectives, for conducting positron emission tomography imaging for receptor occupancy, and systematically elucidate the mathematics of receptor occupancy calculations in practical ways that can be understood with elementary algebra. The authors also share insights regarding positron emission tomography imaging for receptor occupancy to facilitate applications for the development of drugs targeting receptors in the central nervous system.

Source: Journal of Biomedical Research - November 3, 2014 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research