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. 2024 Apr 30;99(1):307–319. doi: 10.3233/JAD-231312

Table 2.

Regions of normally high TSPO expression in human brain based on 43 normal subjects scanned using 11C-PK11195 (PK) and 20 normal subjects scanned using 11C-PBR28 (PBR). MNI coordinates of local maxima based on averaged scan data are provided

Region MNI coordinates (x,y,z); peak signal value
PK (BPnd) PBR (SUVr)
midbrain collicular region* 5 –28 –5; 0.20 7 –27 –5; 1.68
pons 1 –32 –33; 0.27 1 –30 –37; 1.51
medulla # 2 –43 –44; 1.59
thalami 12 –16 9; 0.33–12 –20 8; 0.28 13 –14 7; 1.63–8 –21 5; 1.63

*Signal in this region included superior and inferior colliculi and cuneiform nuclei. Coordinates of peak TSPO PET signal specifically within the inferior colliculi region of interest were x = –4, y = –33, z = –8 (PK) and x = –4, y = –34, z = –9 (PBR.) #No distinct peak in medulla was discernible in the PK dataset, possibly due to lower scan resolution.