MAO-B Inhibition Downregulates Striatal Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AAAD) Activity in Rhesus Monkeys in Vivo

Document Type

Conference Abstract

Publication Date

5-2002

Abstract

The goal of this study is to determine the effect of MAO blockade on AAAD activity in non-human primate brain, in vivo, using PET imaging with fluoro-m-tyrosine (FMT), a selective PET imaging agent for assessing AAAD activity.

Paper presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Abstract number 385.

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Publication Title

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

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