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. 2020 Jan 23;25(3):482. doi: 10.3390/molecules25030482
A1 and A2A Adenosine receptors
AD Alzheimer’s disease
BPND Binding potential
Bq Becquerel
CAG Cytosine-adenine-guanine
CB1 Cannabinoid receptor type 1
CNS Central nervous system
D1, D2 and D3 Dopamine receptors
DMF Dimethyl formamide
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
GABA gamma-Aminobutyric acid
GMP Good manufacturing practice
HD Huntington’s disease
HPLC High performance liquid chromatography
IB Inclusion body
K222 Kryptofix 222
MeCN Acetonitrile
mHTT Mutant huntingtin
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MSN Medium spiny neuron
OTf Trifluoromethanesulfonate, triflate
PET Positron Emission Tomography
PD Parkinson’s disease
RCP Radiochemical purity; defined as the absence of other radiochemical compounds/species
RCY Radiochemical yield; defined as the amount of activity in the product expressed as the percentage (%) of starting activity used in the considered process, all RCYs presented in this review are decay corrected
RT Room temperature
SUV Standardised uptake value
WT Wildtype