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Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging in US Army Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War Potentially Exposed to Sarin and Cyclosarin

机译:1991年海湾战争美国陆军退伍军人的定量磁共振脑成像可能暴露于沙林和环孢菌素

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In March 1991, a munitions storage complex at Khamisiyah, Iraq was destroyed, potentially exposing more than 100,000 US troops to low levels of the organophosphate nerve agents sarin and cyclosarin. Little is known about the neurophysiological effects of low-dose exposure to sarin/cyclosarin in humans, although some research has indicated subtle but persistent neurobehavioral and neurochemical changes in individuals exposed to sarin/cyclosarin at levels insufficient to produce obvious clinical symptoms. However, the neuroanatomical correlates of these changes are unclear. The current study examined the association between modeled estimates of sarin/cyclosarin exposure levels and volumetric measurements of gross neuroanatomical structures in 1991 Gulf War veterans with varying degrees of possible low-level sarin/ cyclosarin exposure. Methods: Twenty-six GW-deployed veterans recruited from the Devens Cohort Study participated. Magnetic resonance images of the brain were acquired and analyzed using morphometric techniques, producing volumetric measurements of white matter, gray matter, right and left lateral ventricles, and cerebrospinal fluid. Volumetric data were analyzed using exposure estimates obtained from refined models of the 1991 Khamisiyah presumed exposure hazard area. Results: Binary comparisons of sarin/cyclosarin exposed (N = 13) and unexposed (N = 13) veterans revealed no differences in volumetric measurements of discrete brain tissues.

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