Methods for detecting or ruling out a meningioma in a patient using a phenylbenzothiazole derivative or a stilbene derivative or a biphenylalkyne derivative, and a medical imaging technique such as positron emission tomography/computed tomography are disclosed. In one version of the method, the stilbene derivative is a compound of formula (X): ##STR00001##

Provided herein are bifunctional compounds that bind tau protein and/or promote targeted ubiquitination for the degradation of tau protein. In particular, provided are compounds that can bind tau protein, a protein whose aggregation is implicated in a variety of neurodegenerative disease (e.g., tauopathies), and can promote its degradation by recruiting an E3 ubiquitin ligase (e.g., Cereblon), which can ubiquitinate tau protein, marking it for proteasomal degradation. Also provided are radiolabeled forms of the bifunctional compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bifunctional compounds, methods of detecting and/or diagnosing neurological disorders, methods of detecting and/or diagnosing pathological aggregation of tau protein (e.g., in the central nervous system), methods of treating and/or preventing neurological disorders, and methods of promoting the degradation of tau protein by E3 ubiquitin ligase activity in a subject by administering a compound or composition described herein.

Methods of preparing fluorinated compounds by carboxylative fluorination using fluoride are contained herein. Fluorinated compounds are provided. Methods of using fluorinated compounds are contained herein.

The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide or carbamate thereof, or a salt of such an ester, amide or carbamate. The invention further provides uses of the compounds of formula (I) and compositions comprising compounds of formula (I), including the use of such compounds for the detection of tau deposits, and the use of such compounds and compositions as diagnostic agents in the diagnosis or monitoring of the progression of a disease or disorder such as Alzheimer's disease, corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy, or for the prevention or treatment of a disease or disorder such as Alzheimer's disease, corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy.

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The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I)

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wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a radiolabeled ligand.

The present invention relates to novel, selective, radiolabelled compound having monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL) affinity which are useful for imaging and quantifying MGL receptor expression, distribution and enzyme occupancy in tissues, using positron-emission tomography (PET). The invention is also directed to compositions comprising such compounds, the use of such compounds and compositions for imaging a tissue, cells or a host, in vitro or in vivo and to precursors of said compounds.

The invention relates to 9H-pyrrolo-dipyridine derivatives of formula I, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as radiopharmaceuticals in particular as imaging agents for the detection of Tau aggregates.

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The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers and imaging agents for various disease states of prostate cancer.

Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.

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The present invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (II) and formula (III)

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that can be employed in the selective Tau detection of disorders and abnormalities associated with Tau aggregates such as Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging.