Neurochemical changes in welders revealed by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 950-957

  Chang, Yongmin ^a   Woo, Seung Tae ^b   Lee, Jae Jun ^b   Song, Hui Jin ^b   Lee, Hui Joong ^a   Yoo, Don Sik ^c   Kim, Suk Hwan ^d   Lee, Hun ^d   Kwon, Young Joo ^d   Ahn, Hyung Jin ^d   Ahn, Joon Ho ^d   Park, Sin Jae ^d   Weon, Young Cheol ^d   Chung, In Sung ^e   Jeong, Kyoung Sook ^f   Kim, Yangho ^d  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^f Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glial cell; Imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS); Manganese (Mn); Neurobehavioral; Neurodegeneration; Neuropsychological; Neurotoxin; Welder

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INOSITOL; MANGANESE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL SWELLING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WELDING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INOSITOL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MANGANESE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROTONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WELDING;

EID: 71049150924     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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