Microstructural changes in the substantia nigra of asymptomatic agricultural workers

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-64

  Du, Guangwei ^a   Lewis, Mechelle M ^a   Sterling, Nicholas W ^a   Kong, Lan ^a   Chen, Honglei ^b   Mailman, Richard B ^a   Huang, Xuemei ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Paraquat; Parkinson's disease (PD); Pesticides; Substantia nigra (SN)

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); PARAQUAT; PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD); PESTICIDES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA (SN);

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PESTICIDES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 84890927776     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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