Short term vs. long term test–retest reproducibility of I-ADAM for the binding of serotonin transporters in the human brain |
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Authors: | Ju-Wei Hsu Shyh-Jen Wang Chun-Lung Lin Wen-Chi Hsieh Jiing-Feng Lirng Yuh-Chiang Shen Mei-Hsiu Liao Yuan-Hwa Chou |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital & National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;bDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital & National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;cDepartment of Psychiatry, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;dDepartment of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital & National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;eNational Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan;fInstitute of Nuclear Energy Research, Lung-Tan, Taoyuan, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Previous brain imaging studies have demonstrated a seasonal difference of serotonin transporter (SERT) binding in the human brain. However, the results were somewhat contradictory. We conducted test–retest study with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with 123I-ADAM as ligand in 28 healthy subjects. Ten of the subjects were studied within 1 month, whereas 18 were randomly assigned to be studied over a period of up to 1 year. The primary measure was the specific uptake ratio (SUR). Regions of interest included the midbrain, thalamus, putamen and caudate. The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.52–0.94 across different brain regions over 1 month, whereas the ICC was - 0.24 – 0.63 over a 1 -year period. The 1 -month variability ranged from 6.5 ± 5.1% to 12.5 ± 10.6% across different brain regions, and the 1 -year variability ranged from 16.5 ± 9.6% to 41.9 ± 35.5%. The Kruskal–Wallis test revealed a significant difference of variability across months. The Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test showed the SUR between test-retest scans was of borderline significance. Curve fitting, using a 4th degree polynomial model, revealed a significant circadian correlation between the variability and interval of test-retest measurements. Our findings demonstrate the test–retest reproducibility of 123I-ADAM in different time periods and suggest that circadian variation of SERT levels in the human brain might exist. |
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Keywords: | Serotonin transporter SPECT 123I-ADAM Circadian variation Healthy subject Reproducibility |
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