Improved in vivo PET imaging of the adenosine A2A receptor in the brain using [18F]FLUDA, a deuterated radiotracer with high metabolic stability.

Thu Hang Lai Magali Toussaint Rodrigo TeodoroSladjana Dukić-StefanovićDaniel Gündel Friedrich-Alexander Ludwig Barbara Wenzel Susann Schröder Bernhard Sattler Rareş-Petru Moldovan Björn H FalkenburgerOsama SabriWinnie Deuther-Conrad Peter Brust

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2021)

The new radiotracer [18F]FLUDA is suitable to detect the availability of the A2A receptor in the brain with high target specificity. It is regarded ready for human application.

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