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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2013

A dual tracer PET-MRI protocol for the quantitative measure of regional brain energy substrates uptake in the rat.

Maggie Roy, Scott Nugent, Sébastien Tremblay, Maxime Descoteaux, Jean-François Beaudoin, Luc Tremblay, Roger Lecomte, Stephen C Cunnane

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maggie RoyResearch Center on Aging and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Université de Sherbrooke.
Scott Nugent
Sébastien Tremblay
Maxime Descoteaux
Jean-François Beaudoin
Luc Tremblay
Roger Lecomte
Stephen C Cunnane
Université de Sherbrooke · CAImaging Center · US

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a method for comparing the uptake of the brain's two key energy substrates: glucose and ketones (acetoacetate [AcAc] in this case) in the rat. The developed method is a small-animal positron emission tomography (PET) protocol, in which (11)C-AcAc and (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) are injected sequentially in each animal. This dual tracer PET acquisition is possible because of the short half-life of (11)C (20.4 min). The rats also undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition seven days before the PET protocol. Prior to image analysis, PET and MRI images are coregistered to allow the measurement of regional cerebral uptake (cortex, hippocampus, striatum, and cerebellum). A quantitative measure of (11)C-AcAc and (18)F-FDG brain uptake (cerebral metabolic rate; μmol/100 g/min) is determined by kinetic modeling using the image-derived input function (IDIF) method. Our new dual tracer PET protocol is robust and flexible; the two tracers used can be replaced by different radiotracers to evaluate other processes in the brain. Moreover, our protocol is applicable to the study of brain fuel supply in multiple conditions such as normal aging and neurodegenerative pathologies such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

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AcetoacetatesAnimalsBrainBrain ChemistryCarbon RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18Magnetic Resonance ImagingMultimodal ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsRatsAcetoacetatesacetoacetic acidCarbon RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

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PMID24430432
PMCPMC4106370
OpenAlexW2024156341

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