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ReviewNeuroscience letters2019

PET imaging of synaptic density: A new tool for investigation of neuropsychiatric diseases.

Zhengxin Cai, Songye Li, David Matuskey, Nabeel Nabulsi, Yiyun Huang

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Neuroscience letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04634994 (Novel Assessment of Synaptic Density in Progressive MS), which is not on this map. Cited by 86 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
86citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04634994 early_phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Novel Assessment of Synaptic Density in Progressive MS

TypeinterventionalSponsorBrigham and Women's HospitalRan2025 to 2026Enrolled30ConditionsMultiple SclerosisArms[F-18]SDM-8
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. SV2A PET reveals synaptic density loss in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and in a pilot multiple sclerosis study.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  12. Direct evidence for synaptic density changes in tinnitus:European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhengxin CaiPET Center, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: jason.cai@yale.edu.
Songye LiPET Center, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
David MatuskeyPET Center, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Nabeel NabulsiPET Center, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Yiyun HuangPET Center, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Yale University · US

Funding

Development of Novel SV2A PET Agents for Early Detection of Alzheimers DiseaseR01AG058773 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CAI, ZHENGXIN · 2018 to 2020
$2.4M
Synthesis and Evaluation of an 18F Labeled SV2A Ligand as a Novel Biomarker for Alzheimers DiseaseK01EB023312 · NIBIB · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CAI, ZHENGXIN · 2017 to 2017
$171k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG058773NIBIB NIH HHS K01 EB023312
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) is expressed ubiquitously in neurons of the central nervous system, and is the binding target of the anti-epileptic drug levetiracetam. Because of the availability of positron emission tomography (PET) ligands targeting SV2A, there is increasing enthusiasm on the use of SV2A PET to study a variety of neuropsychiatric diseases. This review discusses the recent development of radioligands for PET imaging of SV2A and their potential use in the research and diagnosis of CNS diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainCarbon RadioisotopesFluorine RadioisotopesHumansLigandsMembrane GlycoproteinsMental DisordersNerve Tissue ProteinsPositron-Emission TomographySynapsesCarbon RadioisotopesFluorine RadioisotopesLigandsMembrane GlycoproteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsSV2A protein, humanAlzheimer’s diseaseAutism spectrum disorderDepressionEpilepsyHuntington’s diseaseMultiple sclerosisParkinson’s diseasePETSchizophreniaStrokeSV2ASynaptic density

Identifiers

PMID30075287
PMCPMC6339829
OpenAlexW2886663110

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Registered trials

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