This paper summarizes the present status of the researches conducted with [
F-18]4-(2'-methoxyphenyl)-1-[2-[N-(2"-pyridinyl)-p-fluorobenzamido]ethyl]-p
iperazine known as [F-18]p-MPPF, a new 5-HT1A antagonist for the study of t
he serotonergic neurotransmission with positron emission tomography (PET).
This includes chemistry, radiochemistry, animal data (rats, cats, and monke
ys) with autoradiography and PET, human data with PET, toxicity, and metabo
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