Specific α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor binding of [F‐18]nifene in the rhesus monkey

Ansel T. Hillmer, Dustin Wooten, Jeffrey M. Moirano, Maxim Slesarev, Todd E. Barnhart, Jonathan W. Engle, Robert J. Nickles, Dhanabalan Murali, Mary L. Schneider, Jogeshwar Mukherjee,

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Abstract

[F-18]Nifene exhibits rapid equilibration and a moderately high target to background binding profile in the α4β2* nAChR rich regions of the brain, thus providing favorable imaging characteristics as a PET radiotracer for nAChR assay.

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