aDepartment of Pharmacology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
bPositron Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-0022, Japan
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to develop simplified positron emission tomography measurement using [11C]doxepin ([11C]DOX) to evaluate histamine H1 receptors (H1Rs) in human brains. We evaluated the correlation between the distribution volume (DV) of [11C]DOX, estimated quantitatively with a two-compartment model, and the [11C]DOX uptake obtained at various time intervals and normalized using the metabolite-corrected plasma radioactivity. We found that the static 70- to 90-min images normalized using the plasma radioactivity at 10 min postinjection reflected the DV of [11C]DOX–H1R binding.