Effects of low-level exposure to sarin and cyclosarin during the 1991 Gulf War on brain function and brain structure in US veterans

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 493-501

  Chao, Linda L ^a,b,c   Rothlind, Johannes C ^b   Cardenas, Valerie A ^a,c   Meyerhoff, Dieter J ^a,c   Weiner, Michael W ^a,b,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Chemical warfare agents; Cognitive functioning; Cyclosarin; Gulf War veterans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometric analysis; Sarin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSARIN; SARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRAQ; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; SARIN; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77956224922     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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