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Available PET Radioligands for Human Use

List of available PET radioligands injected into humans

Target

Radiotracer

Benzodiazepine antagonist

[11C]Flumazenil

Cannabinoid receptor type 1

[11C]JHU75528

Cerebral blood flow

[15O]water

Dopamine D2/D3 receptor

[11C]PHNO

Dopamine D2/D3 receptor

[11C]Raclopride

Dopamine transporter

[11C]PE2I

Extrastriatal dopamine D2

[11C]FLB457

Fibrillar amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques

[11C]PIB

Fibrillar amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques

[18F]BPIB

Glucose metabolism

[18F]FDG

Glycine transporter 1

[18F]CFpyPB

Histamine-3

[11C]GSK189254

Hypoxia

[18F]FMISO

Kappa antagonist

[11C]LY2795050

Kappa opioid

[11C]GR103545

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5

[11C]ABP688

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5

[18F]FPEB

Myocardial blood flow

82Rb

Nicotinic a4b2 receptors

[18F]NCFHEB

Norepinephrine transporter

[11C]MRB

Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor

[11C]PBR28

Phosphodiesterase-2A

[18F]PF-05270430

Serotonin 5HT1B receptor

[11C]P943

Serotonin 5-HT1A receptor antagonist

[11C]CUMI

Serotonin 5-HT2A receptor

[11C]MDL100907

Serotonin 5HT4 receptor

[11C]SB-207145

Serotonin 5-HT6 receptor

[11C]GSK-215083

Serotonin Transporter

[11C]AFM

Serotonin Transporter

[11C]DASB

Vesicular monoamine transporter 2

[18F](+)FP-DTBZ

Tracking protein synthesis

[11C]Methionine