Evaluation of the novel TSPO radiotracer [18F] VUIIS1008 in a preclinical model of cerebral ischemia in rats

Abstract Background In vivo positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging of transporter protein (TSPO) expression is an attractive and indispensable tool for the diagnosis and therapy evaluation of neuroinflammation after cerebral ischemia. Despite several radiotracers have shown an excellent capacity...

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Main Authors: Krishna R. Pulagam, Lorena Colás, Daniel Padro, Sandra Plaza-García, Vanessa Gómez-Vallejo, Makoto Higuchi, Jordi Llop, Abraham Martín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-11-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
Subjects:
PET
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-017-0343-7