Abstract
The aim of this study was to develop simplified positron emission tomography measurement using [
11C]doxepin ([
11C]DOX) to evaluate histamine H
1 receptors (H1Rs) in human brains. We evaluated the correlation between the distribution volume (DV) of [
11C]DOX, estimated quantitatively with a two-compartment model, and the [
11C]DOX uptake obtained at various time intervals and normalized using the metabolite-corrected plasma radioactivity. We found that the static 70- to 90-min images normalized using the plasma radioactivity at 10 min postinjection reflected the DV of [
11C]DOX–H1R binding.