This invention provides a compound having the structure: (I) This invention also provides for related compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. This invention further provides for a compound that can be used for non-invasive method for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of serotonin transporter sites in mammals comprising labeling serotonin transporter sites (SERT) with an image-generating amount of the radiolabeled compound disclosed herein and measuring spatial distribution of the compound in the mammal by PET so as to thereby image the serotonin transporter sites.
CARBON-11 AND FLUORINE-18 LABELED RADIOLIGANDS FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) IMAGING FOR THE BRAIN SEROTONIN TRANSPORTERS