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Abstract
The development of reversibly binding radioligands for imaging brain proteins in vivo, such as enzymes, neurotransmitter transporters, receptors and ion channels, with positron emission tomography (PET) is keenly sought for biomedical studies of neuropsychiatric disorders and for drug discovery and development, but is recognized as being highly challenging at the medicinal chemistry level. This article aims to compile and discuss the main considerations to be taken into account by chemists embarking on programs of radioligand development for PET imaging of brain protein targets.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27087244 PMCID: PMC5579844 DOI: 10.2174/0929867323666160418114826
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Med Chem ISSN: 0929-8673 Impact factor: 4.530