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Robert F. Dannals is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in the areas of radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, physiology, surgery, neurology, and immunology.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert F. Dannals include:

  • Dynamic imaging in patients with tuberculosis reveals heterogeneous drug exposures in pulmonary lesions, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Imaging Enterobacterales infections in patients using pathogen-specific positron emission tomography, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • Dynamic 18F-Pretomanid PET imaging in animal models of TB meningitis and human studies, 2022, Nature Communications
  • First-in-human use of 11C-CPPC with positron emission tomography for imaging the macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor, 2022, EJNMMI Research
  • Regional amyloid correlates of cognitive performance in ageing and mild cognitive impairment, 2022, Brain Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Daniel P. Holt
  • Martin G. Pomper
  • Andrew G. Horti
  • William B. Mathews
  • Steven P. Rowe

Robert F. Dannals has published extensively in several journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals
  • EJNMMI Research
  • Research Square
  • Science Translational Medicine

Best Publications

  • Neural basis of alertness and cognitive performance impairments during sleepiness. I. Effects of 24 h of sleep deprivation on waking human regional brain activity.

    Maria Thomas;Helen Sing;Gregory Belenky;Henry Holcomb

  • Positron emission tomography reveals elevated D2 dopamine receptors in drug-naive schizophrenics

    Dean F. Wong;Henry N. Wagner;Larry E. Tune;Robert F. Dannals

  • Chemogenetics revealed: DREADD occupancy and activation via converted clozapine.

    Juan L. Gomez;Jordi Bonaventura;Wojciech Lesniak;William B. Mathews

  • In vivo imaging of amyloid deposition in Alzheimer disease using the radioligand 18F-AV-45 (florbetapir [corrected] F 18).

    Dean F. Wong;Paul B. Rosenberg;Yun Zhou;Anil Kumar

  • Imaging dopamine receptors in the human brain by positron tomography

    Henry N. Wagner;H. Donald Burns;Robert F. Dannals;Dean F. Wong

  • Effects of age on dopamine and serotonin receptors measured by positron tomography in the living human brain

    D F Wong;H N Wagner;R F Dannals;J M Links

  • Positron emission tomographic evidence of toxic effect of MDMA (“Ecstasy”) on brain serotonin neurons in human beings

    UD McCann;Z Szabo;U Scheffel;RF Dannals

  • Reduced Striatal Dopamine Transporter Density in Abstinent Methamphetamine and Methcathinone Users: Evidence from Positron Emission Tomography Studies with [11C]WIN-35,428

    Una D. McCann;Dean F. Wong;Fuji Yokoi;Victor Villemagne

  • Selective hypometabolism in the inferior frontal lobe in depressed patients with Parkinson's disease.

    Helen S. Mayberg;Sergio E. Starkstein;Bernard Sadzot;Thomas Preziosi

  • Initial Evaluation of [18F]DCFPyL for Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)-Targeted PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer

    Zsolt Szabo;Esther Mena;Steven P. Rowe;Donika Plyku

  • Positron emission tomographic imaging of the dopamine transporter with 11C-WIN 35,428 reveals marked declines in mild Parkinson's disease

    J. James Frost;Annemie J. Rosier;Stephen G. Reich;Justin S. Smith

  • Cocaine-Induced Redoppuction of Glucose Utilization in Human Brain: A Study Using Positron Emission Tomography and [Fluorine 18]-Fluorodeoxyglucose

    Edythe D. London;Nicola G. Cascella;Dean F. Wong;Robert L. Phillips

  • Gender and age influences on human brain mu-opioid receptor binding measured by PET.

    Jon Kar Zubieta;Robert F. Dannals;J. James Frost

  • Dopamine D2 and D3 receptor occupancy in normal humans treated with the antipsychotic drug aripiprazole (OPC 14597): a study using positron emission tomography and [11C]raclopride.

    Fuji Yokoi;Gerhard Gründer;Gerhard Gründer;Kathleen Biziere;Kathleen Biziere;Massoud Stephane;Massoud Stephane

  • PET imaging of cortical S2 serotonin receptors after stroke: lateralized changes and relationship to depression.

    Mayberg Hs;Robinson Rg;Wong Df;Parikh R

  • Biodistribution, Tumor Detection, and Radiation Dosimetry of 18F-DCFBC, a Low-Molecular-Weight Inhibitor of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen, in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer

    Steve Y. Cho;Kenneth L. Gage;Ronnie C. Mease;Srinivasan Senthamizhchelvan

  • Radiolabeled Small-Molecule Ligands for Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen: In vivo Imaging in Experimental Models of Prostate Cancer

    Catherine A. Foss;Ronnie C. Mease;Hong Fan;Yuchuan Wang

  • Imaging opiate receptors in the human brain by positron tomography.

    Frost Jj;Wagner Hn;Dannals Rf;Ravert Ht

  • Increased mu opioid receptor binding detected by PET in cocaine-dependent men is associated with cocaine craving.

    Jon-Kar Zubieta;David A. Gorelick;Robin Stauffer;Hayden T. Ravert

  • Brain Dopamine Neurotoxicity in Baboons Treated with Doses of Methamphetamine Comparable to Those Recreationally Abused by Humans: Evidence from [11C]WIN-35,428 Positron Emission Tomography Studies and Direct In Vitro Determinations

    Victor Villemagne;Jie Yuan;Dean F. Wong;Robert F. Dannals

Frequent Co-Authors

Hayden T. Ravert
Hayden T. Ravert Johns Hopkins University
Henry N. Wagner
Henry N. Wagner Penn State Cancer Institute
Dean F. Wong
Dean F. Wong Washington University in St. Louis
Alan A. Wilson
Alan A. Wilson Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Martin G. Pomper
Martin G. Pomper Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hiroto Kuwabara
Hiroto Kuwabara Johns Hopkins University
Edythe D. London
Edythe D. London University of California, Los Angeles
Michael J. Kuhar
Michael J. Kuhar Emory University
George A. Ricaurte
George A. Ricaurte Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Victor L. Villemagne
Victor L. Villemagne University of Pittsburgh

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