Development of PET Radiotracers for Imaging Alpha-Synuclein
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Aging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 April 2025 | Viewed by 183
Special Issue Editors
Interests: positron emission tomography; neurodegeneration; alpha synuclein
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The past few years have witnessed a tremendous amount of progress in the area of PET radiotracer development for imaging alpha-synuclein aggregates in synucleinopathies. There are numerous first-in-human imaging studies being conducted with carbon-aa and fluorine-18-labeled radiotracers for alpha synuclein. We have also witnessed a number of advances in the structural biology of alpha synuclein isolated from postmortem samples of PD and MSA brain. The goal of this Special Issue of Cells is to provide a comprehensive overview of the progress in PET radiotracer development in this area, one that would serve as a central resource to the PET imaging community. We have contacted you because you have made significant progress in this area, and we believe you could make an important contribution to this Special Issue of Cells. We hope that you are able to contribute to this project.
Prof. Dr. Robert H. Mach
Dr. Jamie Eberling
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- alpha-synuclein
- Parkinson’s disease
- multiple system atrophy
- positron emission tomography
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