Hippocampal dysfunction in gulf war veterans: Investigation with ASL perfusion MR imaging and physostigmine challenge

Radiology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 218-225

  Li, Xiufeng ^a   Spence, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Buhner, David M ^a   Hart Jr , John ^a,c   Cullum, C Munro ^a,b   Biggs, Melanie M ^b   Hester, Andrea L ^b   Odegard, Timothy N ^d   Carmack, Patrick S ^b,e   Briggs, Richard W ^a   Haley, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSOSTIGMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFUSION RATE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIN LABELING; VETERAN; WAR;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; GULF WAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSOSTIGMINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 80053067839     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11101715     Document Type: Article

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