Decreased brain volumes in manganese-exposed welders

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-189

  Chang, Yongmin ^a,c   Jin, Seong Uk ^c   Kim, Yangho ^b   Shin, Kyung Min ^a   Lee, Hui Joong ^a   Kim, Suk Hwan ^b   Ahn, Joon Ho ^b   Park, Sin Jae ^b   Jeong, Kyoung Sook ^d   Weon, Young Cheol ^b   Lee, Heun ^b  

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

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

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Manganese; MRI; Neurobehavioral performance; Voxel based morphometry (VBM); Welder

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL BRAIN ABNORMALITY; SUBCLINICAL NEUROBEHAVIORAL DYSFUNCTION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WELDING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84878857208     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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