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Overview

Roger N. Gunn is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics in neuroscience and medical imaging. These include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Roger N. Gunn has contributed to publications across several frequent venues, demonstrating expertise in specialized journals related to neuroscience and imaging. Key venues include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine

The scientist has collaborated extensively with co-authors, notably:

  • Eugenii A. Rabiner
  • Ayla Mansur
  • Alex Whittington
  • Oliver Howes
  • Tiago Reis Marques

Among the recent papers featuring Roger N. Gunn, several address neuroimaging biomarkers, brain metabolism, and mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disorders. Notable publications include:

  • Synaptic density marker SV2A is reduced in schizophrenia patients and unaffected by antipsychotics in rats, 2020, Nature Communications
  • PET Parametric Imaging: Past, Present, and Future, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences
  • Widespread cell stress and mitochondrial dysfunction occur in patients with early Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Science Translational Medicine
  • Mitochondrial Complex 1, Sigma 1, and Synaptic Vesicle 2A in Early Drug-Naive Parkinson's Disease, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Brain Serotonin Release Is Reduced in Patients With Depression: A [11C]Cimbi-36 Positron Emission Tomography Study With a d-Amphetamine Challenge, 2022, Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Consensus nomenclature for in vivo imaging of reversibly binding radioligands

    Robert B. Innis;Vincent Joseph Cunningham;Jacques Delforge;Masahiro Fujita

  • Evidence for striatal dopamine release during a video game

    M. J. Koepp;R. N. Gunn;R. N. Gunn;Andrew David Lawrence;Andrew David Lawrence;V. J. Cunningham;V. J. Cunningham

  • In-vivo measurement of activated microglia in dementia

    Annachiara Cagnin;David J Brooks;Angus M Kennedy;Roger N Gunn

  • Parametric Imaging of Ligand-Receptor Binding in PET Using a Simplified Reference Region Model

    Roger N. Gunn;Adriaan A. Lammertsma;Susan P. Hume;Vincent J. Cunningham

  • Dopamine release from nigral transplants visualized in vivo in a Parkinson's patient

    Paola Piccini;David J. Brooks;Anders Björklund;Roger N. Gunn

  • Brain serotonin1A receptor binding measured by positron emission tomography with [11C]WAY-100635: effects of depression and antidepressant treatment

    Peter A. Sargent;Karen Husted Kjaer;Christopher J. Bench;Eugenii A. Rabiner

  • An 18-kDa Translocator Protein (TSPO) polymorphism explains differences in binding affinity of the PET radioligand PBR28

    David R Owen;Astrid J Yeo;Roger N Gunn;Roger N Gunn;Roger N Gunn;Kijoung Song

  • The peripheral benzodiazepine binding site in the brain in multiple sclerosis: quantitative in vivo imaging of microglia as a measure of disease activity.

    R. B. Banati;J. Newcombe;R. N. Gunn;A. Cagnin

  • Positron Emission Tomography Compartmental Models

    Roger N. Gunn;Steve R. Gunn;Vincent J. Cunningham

  • Imaging dopamine receptors in humans with [11C]-(+)-PHNO: dissection of D3 signal and anatomy.

    Andri C. Tziortzi;Graham E. Searle;Sofia Tzimopoulou;Cristian A. Salinas

  • Modeling Sensitization to Stimulants in Humans: An [11C]Raclopride/Positron Emission Tomography Study in Healthy Men

    Isabelle Boileau;Alain Dagher;Marco Leyton;Roger N. Gunn

  • Mixed-Affinity Binding in Humans with 18-kDa Translocator Protein Ligands

    David R.J. Owen;Roger N. Gunn;Eugenii A. Rabiner;Idriss Bennacef

  • GAN Augmentation: Augmenting Training Data using Generative Adversarial Networks

    Christopher Bowles;Liang Chen;Ricardo Guerrero;Paul Bentley

  • Connectivity-Based Functional Analysis of Dopamine Release in the Striatum Using Diffusion-Weighted MRI and Positron Emission Tomography

    Andri C. Tziortzi;Suzanne N. Haber;Graham E. Searle;Charalampos Tsoumpas

  • Positron emission tomography molecular imaging for drug development.

    Paul M. Matthews;Paul M. Matthews;Eugenii A. Rabiner;Eugenii A. Rabiner;Jan Passchier;Roger N. Gunn;Roger N. Gunn;Roger N. Gunn

  • Dopamine Transmission in the Human Striatum during Monetary Reward Tasks

    David H. Zald;Isabelle Boileau;Wael El-Dearedy;Roger Gunn

  • Tracer Kinetic Modeling of the 5-HT1AReceptor Ligand [carbonyl-11C]WAY-100635 for PET

    Roger N. Gunn;Peter A. Sargent;Christopher J. Bench;Eugenii A. Rabiner

  • Thalamic microglial activation in ischemic stroke detected in vivo by PET and [11C]PK11195

    S. Pappata;M. Levasseur;R.N. Gunn;R. Myers

  • Positron emission tomography compartmental models: a basis pursuit strategy for kinetic modeling.

    Roger N Gunn;Steve R Gunn;Federico E Turkheimer;John A D Aston;John A D Aston

  • Huntington's disease progression. PET and clinical observations.

    Thomasin C. Andrews;Robert A. Weeks;Nora Turjanski;Roger N. Gunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugenii A. Rabiner
Eugenii A. Rabiner King's College London
Vincent J. Cunningham
Vincent J. Cunningham University of Aberdeen
Paul M. Matthews
Paul M. Matthews Imperial College London
David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Marios Politis
Marios Politis King's College London
Federico E. Turkheimer
Federico E. Turkheimer King's College London
David J. Brooks
David J. Brooks Newcastle University
Marc Laruelle
Marc Laruelle Columbia University
Antony D. Gee
Antony D. Gee King's College London
Anne Lingford-Hughes
Anne Lingford-Hughes Imperial College London

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