Effects of low-level sarin and cyclosarin exposure on hippocampal subfields in Gulf War Veterans

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-269

  Chao, Linda L ^a,b,c   Kriger, Stephen ^a   Buckley, Shannon ^a   Ng, Peter ^a   Mueller, Susanne G ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosarin; Gulf War veterans; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sarin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSARIN; SARIN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION HIPPOCAMPAL SUBFIELD TECHNIQUE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SUBICULUM; VETERAN; VOLUMETRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; WAR;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SARIN; VETERANS;

EID: 84908345068     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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