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Thomas J. Ruth

Thomas J. Ruth

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Thomas J. Ruth is affiliated with TRIUMF in Canada and is an active researcher in fields related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans a combination of subfields including biophysics, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, materials chemistry, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Thomas J. Ruth's work include:

  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • The Shortage of Technetium-99m and Possible Solutions, 2020, Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
  • Efficient Skeleton Editing in a VR Environment Facilitates Accurate Modeling of Highly Branched Mitochondria., 2020, Microscopy and Microanalysis

These papers reflect their involvement with topics ranging from nuclear medicine to advanced imaging and analysis techniques within cellular biology.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their publications include:

  • Ryan Conrad
  • Falko Löffler
  • Steffen Hadlak
  • Sebastian Konrad
  • Christian Götze

Common venues for their work are:

  • Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis

Thomas J. Ruth's work has interdisciplinary reach encompassing nuclear materials and biological imaging technologies. The researcher was recognized in 2019 as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada by the Academy of Science, highlighting their status within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Expectation and Dopamine Release: Mechanism of the Placebo Effect in Parkinson's Disease

    Raúl de la Fuente-Fernández;Thomas J. Ruth;Vesna Sossi;Michael Schulzer

  • In vivo positron emission tomographic evidence for compensatory changes in presynaptic dopaminergic nerve terminals in Parkinson's disease.

    Chong S. Lee;Ali Samii;Vesna Sossi;Thomas J. Ruth

  • Studies of the uptake of nitrate in barley. I. Kinetics of 13NO3- influx.

    M. Y. Siddiqi;A. D. M. Glass;T. J. Ruth;T. W. Rufty

  • Levodopa-induced changes in synaptic dopamine levels increase with progression of Parkinson's disease: implications for dyskinesias

    Raúl de la Fuente-Fernández;Vesna Sossi;Zhigao Huang;Sarah Furtado

  • Ammonium Uptake by Rice Roots (II. Kinetics of 13NH4+ Influx across the Plasmalemma).

    M. Y. Wang;M. Y. Siddiqi;T. J. Ruth;Adm. Glass

  • Positron emission tomography after MPTP: observations relating to the cause of Parkinson's disease.

    D B Calne;J W Langston;W R Martin;A J Stoessl

  • Dopamine release in human ventral striatum and expectation of reward.

    Raúl de la Fuente-Fernández;Anthony G Phillips;Mariangela Zamburlini;Vesna Sossi

  • Effects of expectation on placebo-induced dopamine release in Parkinson disease.

    Sarah C. Lidstone;Michael Schulzer;Katherine Dinelle;Edwin Mak

  • PET in LRRK2 mutations: comparison to sporadic Parkinson's disease and evidence for presymptomatic compensation.

    John R. Adams;Hinke van Netten;Michael Schulzer;Edwin Mak

  • AGE-DEPENDENT DECLINE OF DOPAMINE D1 RECEPTORS IN HUMAN BRAIN : A PET STUDY

    Yue Wang;Grace L.Y. Chan;James E. Holden;Teresa Dobko

  • Biochemical variations in the synaptic level of dopamine precede motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease: PET evidence of increased dopamine turnover.

    Raúl De La Fuente‐Fernández;Jian‐Qiang Lu;Vesna Sossi;Salma Jivan

  • Studies of the Regulation of Nitrate Influx by Barley Seedlings Using 13NO3

    M. Yaeesh Siddiqi;Anthony D. M. Glass;Thomas J. Ruth;Mala Fernando

  • Biochemical variations in the synaptic level of dopamine precede motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease: PET evidence of increased dopamine turnover: Dopamine Turnover and Motor Fluctuations

    Raúl De La Fuente-Fernández;Jian-Qiang Lu;Vesna Sossi;Salma Jivan

  • Direct Production of 99mTc via 100Mo(p,2n) on Small Medical Cyclotrons☆

    P. Schaffer;P. Schaffer;F. Bénard;F. Bénard;A. Bernstein;K. Buckley

  • Longitudinal progression of sporadic Parkinson's disease: a multi-tracer positron emission tomography study

    R. Nandhagopal;L. Kuramoto;M. Schulzer;E. Mak

  • Positron emission tomography in the early diagnosis of Huntington's disease

    M. R. Hayden;W.R.W. Martin;A. J. Stoessl;C. Clark

  • Ammonium Uptake by Rice Roots (I. Fluxes and Subcellular Distribution of 13NH4

    M. Y. Wang;M. Y. Siddiqi;T. J. Ruth;Adm. Glass

  • Age-specific progression of nigrostriatal dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

    Raúl de la Fuente-Fernández;Michael Schulzer;Lisa Kuramoto;Jacquelyn Cragg

  • Brain serotonin2 receptors in major depression: a positron emission tomography study.

    Lakshmi N. Yatham;Peter F. Liddle;I-Shin Shiah;Gayle Scarrow

  • Correlation of striatal fluorodopa uptake in the MPTP monkey with dopaminergic indices

    Brian D. Pate;T. Kawamata;T. Yamada;E. G. McGeer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Schulzer
Michael Schulzer University of British Columbia
Doris J. Doudet
Doris J. Doudet University of British Columbia
A. Jon Stoessl
A. Jon Stoessl University of British Columbia
Donald B. Calne
Donald B. Calne University of British Columbia
Lakshmi N. Yatham
Lakshmi N. Yatham University of British Columbia
Peter F. Liddle
Peter F. Liddle University of Nottingham
Raymond W. Lam
Raymond W. Lam University of British Columbia
David M. Perrin
David M. Perrin University of British Columbia
Terrence R. Oakes
Terrence R. Oakes University of Wisconsin–Madison
Arman Rahmim
Arman Rahmim University of British Columbia

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