The 11C-labeled tracer meta-hydroxyephedrine (11C-HED) is a noradrenaline analog that was developed to visualize the sympathetic nervous system with PET. Initial clinical studies show a rapid uptake of 11C-HED in localized tumors of this system. Whole-body imaging with 11C-HED PET is now possible as PET/CT scanners allow a rather short examination time. The aim of this study was to evaluate the...

Iodine-131‑labeled monoiodohypericin (131I‑Hyp) is a necrosis avid compound used as a complementary anticancer agent. Herein, the biodistribution in rats with re-perfused partial liver infarction (RPLI) was used to estimate its human internal radiation dosimetry. Iodine-123‑labeled monoiodohypericin (123I-Hyp) as a safer surrogate for 131I-Hyp was prepared with iodogen as oxidant. Determination...

This study examined the effect of bovine colostrum (Dynamic colostrum) supplementation on blood and saliva variables (study 1) and the absorption of orally administered human recombinant insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I (rhIGF-I) labeled with 123I (123I-rhIGF-I) (study 2). In study 1, adult male and female athletes were randomly assigned in a double-blind fashion to either an experimental (Dy...

The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia proposes that hyperactivity of dopaminergic transmission is associated with this illness, but direct observation of abnormalities of dopamine function in schizophrenia has remained elusive. We used a newly developed single photon emission computerized tomography method to measure amphetamine-induced dopamine release in the striatum of fifteen patients wi...

Meticulous neuroradiological evaluations, including 123I-iomazenil (IMZ) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and 11C-flumazenil (FMZ) positron emission tomography (PET), preoperatively disclosed epileptogenic foci in a 16-year-old boy with temporal lobe epilepsy. Interictal scalp electroencephalography showed spikes in the left temporal region. Left hippocampal sclerosis was seen...

The importance of neuronal dysfunction in the progression of heart failure and the utility of cardiac sympathetic imaging for identifying ischemic cardiomyopathy patients who are at high risk of sudden cardiac death is well established. On the basis of the results of the ADMIRE-HF (AdreView Myocardial Imaging for Risk Evaluation in Heart Failure) multicenter trial, 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine...

1.1 Technique of nigrostriatal FP-CIT SPECT The density of the presynaptic dopamine reuptake transporters (DAT) can be quantified with [123I]FP-CIT SPECT. The tracer Fluorpropyl-Carbomethoxy-Iodophenyl-Tropan (FPCIT), marked by radioactive 123iodine [123I] (therefore the name [123I]FP-CIT), binds reversibly to the DAT on the presynaptic membrane. Before application of FP-CIT, the iodine uptake ...

To evaluate cardiac complications associated with electrical injury, 7 patients with high-tension electrical injury (6,600 V alternating current) underwent 201Tl and 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging in addition to conventional electrocardiographic and echocardiographic assessments. Electrocardiography showed transient atrial fibrillation, second degree atrioventricular block, ST-segm...

Myocardial scintigraphy with meta-iodo-benzyl-guanidine (123I cMIBG) has been studied in Parkinson's disease (PD), especially in Asian countries, but not in Latin America. Most of these studies include individuals with PD associated to a defined dysautonomia. Our goal is to report the cardiac sympathetic neurotransmission in de novo Brazilian patients with sporadic PD, without clinically define...