Occupational exposure to PCBs reduces striatal dopamine transporter densities only in women: A β-CIT imaging study

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-225

  Seegal, Richard F ^a,b   Marek, Kenneth L ^c   Seibyl, John P ^c   Jennings, Danna L ^c   Molho, Eric S ^d   Higgins, Donald S ^d,e   Factor, Stewart A ^f   Fitzgerald, Edward F ^g   Hills, Elaine A ^g   Korrick, Susan A ^h   Wolff, Mary S ⁱ   Haase, Richard F ^b   Todd, Andrew C ⁱ   Parsons, Patrick ^a   McCaffrey, Robert J ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CIT imaging; Adults; Occupational exposure; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Striatal dopamine transporter (DAT)

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77951206542     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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