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Safer Radioligand Agents Empower PET Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disorders (1 of 2)

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Safer Radioligand Agents Empower PET Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disorders (1 of 2)

image: Autoradiography showing the binding of one of the radioligands to human brain slices. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May. 13, 2020, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by S. Lu at National Institute of Mental Health, NIH in Bethesda, MD; and colleagues was titled, "PET ligands [18F]LSN3316612 and [11C]LSN3316612 quantify O-linked-β-N-acetyl-glucosamine hydrolase in the brain." view more 

Credit: [Credit: S. Lu <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2020)]


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