Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8686305 | Neurobiology of Disease | 2018 | 36 Pages |
Abstract
In conclusion, μPET data from rats with pilocarpine-induced epileptogenesis indicate altered septal 5-HT1A receptor binding. Further research is necessary assessing whether septal 5-HT1A receptor binding may serve as an imaging correlate of neuropsychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy patients and for severity assessment in rodent epilepsy models. In contrast, we obtained evidence that [18F]FDG uptake also reflects the severity of epilepsy and, thus, might not constitute a biomarker with sufficient specificity for psychiatric comorbidities. Evidence has been obtained that BDNF might serve as a peripheral circulatory biomarker. Further experimental and clinical assessment is necessary for validation of the marker candidates.
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Valentina Di Liberto, R. Maarten van Dijk, Matthias Brendel, Ann-Marie Waldron, Christina Möller, Ines Koska, Isabel Seiffert, Fabio Gualtieri, Franz Josef Gildehaus, Barbara von Ungern-Sternberg, Magdalena Lindner, Sibylle Ziegler, Rupert Palme,