P-51NEW IMAGING TOOL FOR EXPLORATION OF NEUROPHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL DISORDERS: CONCEPTION OF FLUOROETHYLNORMEMANTINE ([18 F]-FNM) AS POTENTIAL TEP-SCAN TRACER OF NMDA RECEPTORS

Alcohol is the drug most widely used and abused by all segments of society and creates one of the foremost public health problems in the world. In presence of Alcohol abuse, glutamate (GLU), produces excitotoxicity resulting in neuronal damage that is manifested as central nervous system abnormalities. Furthermore during the …