Positron Emission Tomography Imaging for In Vivo Measuring of Myelin Content in the Lysolecithin Rat Model of Multiple SclerosisDaniele de Paula Faria 1, Caroline Cristiano Real 1, Larissa Estessi de Souza 1, Alexandre Teles Garcez 2, Fabio Luis Navarro Marques 1, Carlos Alberto Buchpiguel 1
1Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine (LIM-43), Departamento de Radiologia e Oncologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 2Nuclear Medicine Division, Hospital Sirio-Libanes
This protocol has the aim of monitoring in vivo myelin changes (demyelination and remyelination) by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in an animal model of multiple sclerosis.
