Development of new synthesis for radiopharmaceuticals labelled with short-lived positron emitting radionuclides, measurement of brain pathophysiological variables in humans using PET and animals using multi-tracer autoradiography, pharmacokinetic evaluation of these compounds, development of new biological models for brain protein synthesis with special emphasis on brain tumors, and the study of the brain serotonergic and dopaminergic systems in animals and humans. Development of labelling

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... dures with short-lived positron emitters important in CURRICULUM VITAE Mirko Diksic −40− the blood fl ow and metabolic studies in humans with positron emission tomography and animals using multi-tracer autoradiography. Measurement of pathophysiological variables in human brain with PET, especially brain tumours. Work on in vivo drug pharmacokinetics in the human and animal brain.