Kazuhiko Yanamoto et al.
Nuclear medicine and biology, 37(7), 853-860 (2010-09-28)
The translocator protein (18 kDa) (TSPO) is widely expressed in peripheral tissues, including the heart, lung, and kidney. Our laboratory developed N-benzyl-N-methyl-2-[7,8-dihydro-7-(2-[(18)F]fluoroethyl)-8-oxo-2-phenyl-9H-purin-9-yl]acetamide ([(18)F]FEDAC) as a TSPO positron emission tomography (PET) ligand. Here, using small-animal PET with [(18)F]FEDAC, we performed TSPO