The effects of early lead exposure on the brains of adult rhesus monkeys: A volumetric MRI study

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 963-975

  Lasky, Robert E ^a   Luck, Melissa L ^b   Parikh, Nehal A ^a   Laughlin, Nellie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Rhesus monkey; Segmentation; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TOXICITY; BREAST MILK; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RHESUS MONKEY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY; WEANING; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LEAD POISONING; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MACACA MULATTA; PLATYRRHINI;

EID: 20544433621     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi153     Document Type: Article

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