Table 4.
Age-dependent changes of 64Cu uptake (%ID/g) in the brains of Atp7b−/− mice by longitudinal PET/CT at 24 h after oral administration of [64Cu]CuCl2 as a tracer
| Atp7b−/− 3th week |
Atp7b−/− 18th week |
Atp7b−/− 21th week |
C57BL/6 13th week |
C57BL/6 18th week |
C57BL/6 21th week |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROI 1 OB | 0.12 ± 0.14 | 0.23 ± 0.18 | 0.30 ± 0.20 | 0.30 ± 0.12 | 0.15 ± 0.04 | 0.15 ± 0.05 |
| ROI 2 FC | 0.04 ± 0.04 | 0.20 ± 0.06 | 0.23 ± 0.03 | 0.22 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.06 | 0.06 ± 0.05 |
| ROI 3 PC | 0.04 ± 0.03 | 0.14 ± 0.09 | 0.14 ± 0.00 | 0.23 ± 0.04 | 0.12 ± 0.05 | 0.04 ± 0.03 |
| ROI 4 HC | 0.04 ± 0.03 | 0.15 ± 0.02 | 0.15 ± 0.10 | 0.23 ± 0.11 | 0.18 ± 0.11 | 0.12 ± 0.07 |
| ROI 5 BG | 0.06 ± 0.04 | 0.21 ± 0.05 | 0.20 ± 0.03 | 0.16 ± 0.04 | 0.17 ± 0.06 | 0.16 ± 0.07 |
| ROI 6 T | 0.05 ± 0.03 | 0.12 ± 0.04 | 0.19 ± 0.05 | 0.22 ± 0.07 | 0.18 ± 0.05 | 0.13 ± 0.06 |
| ROI 7 MB | 0.05 ± 0.03 | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.07 | 0.23 ± 0.11 | 0.15 ± 0.07 | 0.09 ± 0.03 |
| ROI 8 BS | 0.05 ± 0.04 | 0.09 ± 0.06 | 0.16 ± 0.08 | 0.24 ± 0.05 | 0.23 ± 0.06 | 0.12 ± 0.04 |
| ROI 9 CB | 0.07 ± 0.07 | 0.11 ± 0.04 | 0.36 ± 0.11 | 0.11 ± 0.05 | 0.20 ± 0.06 | 0.09 ± 0.05 |
%ID/g, percentage of injected dose per gram, mean ± standard deviation (SD)
ROI, region of interest; h, hour.