PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ross, Stacey A.
AU  - Seibyl, John P.
TI  - Research Applications of Selected <sup>123</sup>I-Labeled Neuroreceptor SPECT Imaging Ligands
DP  - 2004 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 209--214
VI  - 32
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/32/4/209.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/32/4/209.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2004 Dec 01; 32
AB  - Neuroreceptor imaging is a promising area of brain imaging used to investigate various neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. In the research setting, radiopharmaceuticals targeted to specific areas of the brain are used along with SPECT to assess and analyze functional mechanisms within brain structures. Utilization of the data that are collected from these studies may aid in the development of drug therapies that can be used to relieve symptoms or delay progression of certain disease states. After reading this article, the nuclear medicine technologist should be able to identify and describe the role of structures in the brain, identify various radiopharmaceuticals used and the disease states they demonstrate, and become familiar with the drugs used in treatment of these disorders.