A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study of the Chronic Lead Effect on the Basal Ganglion and Frontal and Occipital Lobes in Middle-Age Adults | Zendy

Tsyh-Jyi Hsieh | Zendy; YiChun Chen | Zendy; ChunWei Li | Zendy; Gin-Chang Liu | Zendy; YuWen Chiu | Zendy; HungYi Chuang | Zendy

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A Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study of the Chronic Lead Effect on the Basal Ganglion and Frontal and Occipital Lobes in Middle-Age Adults

Author(s) -

Tsyh-Jyi Hsieh,

YiChun Chen,

ChunWei Li,

Gin-Chang Liu,

YuWen Chiu,

HungYi Chuang

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0800187

Subject(s) - frontal lobe , choline , white matter , occipital lobe , creatine , human brain , medicine , physiology , endocrinology , magnetic resonance imaging , psychiatry , radiology

Lead is known to be a health hazard to the human brain and nervous system based on data from epidemiologic studies. However, few studies have examined the mechanism or biochemical changes caused by lead in the human brain, although recently some have used magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to test brain metabolism in vivo.

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