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Application of molecular imaging technology in neurotoxicology research.

Xuan ZhangQi YinMarc BerridgeChe Wang
Published in: Journal of environmental science and health. Part C, Environmental carcinogenesis & ecotoxicology reviews (2018)
Molecular imaging has been widely applied in preclinical research. Among these new molecular imaging modalities, microPET imaging can be utilized as a very powerful tool that can obtain the measurements of multiple biological processes in various organs repeatedly in a same subject. This review discusses how this new approach provides noninvasive biomarker for neurotoxicology research and summarizes microPET findings with multiple radiotracers on the variety of neurotoxicity induced by toxic agents in both the rodent and the nonhuman primate brain.
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