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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Chem. 2007 Dec 4;50(26):6673–6684. doi: 10.1021/jm070685e

Table 2.

Biodistribution of [18F] labeled SERT tracers were evaluated in rats after an iv injection. Brain uptake (% dose/organ), hypothalamus uptake (% dose/g), and hypothalamus to cerebellum ratio are shown.

Brain uptake (% dose/organ)
Compound 30 min 120 min

28 1.85 ± 0.15 0.63 ± 0.15
29 2.23 ± 0.22 2.57 ± 0.18
30 1.72 ± 0.35 1.46 ± 0.16
31 1.88 ± 0.18 2.16 ± 0.14
40 1.23 ± 0.18 0.59 ± 0.10
41 1.43 ± 0.06 1.32 ± 0.01
42 1.12 ± 0.06 1.15 ± 0.10

Hypothalamus uptake (% dose/g)
Hypothalamus to cerebellum ratio
Compound 30 min 120 min Compound 30 min 120 min


28 1.62 ± 0.10 0.74 ± 0.18 28 3.79 ± 0.30 7.83 ± 2.96
29 1.76 ± 0.16 2.22 ± 0.28 29 2.78 ± 0.32 4.34 ± 0.60
30 1.31 ± 0.28 1.19 ± 0.11 30 2.36 ± 0.68 3.77 ± 0.40
31 1.19 ± 0.10 1.78 ± 0.24 31 2.04 ± 0.07 3.70 ± 0.58
40 1.22 ± 0.16 0.75 ± 0.18 40 3.50 ± 0.67 7.67 ± 2.60
41 1.05 ± 0.12 1.09 ± 0.09 41 2.66 ± 0.56 4.36 ± 0.45
42 0.85 ± 0.08 1.01 ± 0.21 42 1.93 ± 0.82 4.17 ± 0.48