Open AccessNeuropsychological and positron emission tomography correlates in idiopathic environmental intolerances
Author(s) -
Susanne Bornschein,
Constanze Hausteiner,
Alexander Drzezga,
T Theml,
Barbara Heldmann,
Timo Grimmer,
Robert Perneczky,
Thomas Jähn,
Markus Schwaiger,
Thomas Zilker,
Hans Förstl
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1164
Subject(s) - positron emission tomography , neuroimaging , neuropsychology , pathological , functional neuroimaging , medicine , neuropsychological assessment , cognition , psychology , neuroscience , pathology , radiology
It has been hypothesized that people with subjective hypersensitivity to chemicals may indeed suffer from neuronal damage due to widely distributed environmental toxins and that such deficits of diagnostic importance can be demonstrated with the help of functional neuroimaging even in single cases. In this study, a small group of well-characterized patients with idiopathic environmental intolerance were examined in order to identify such changes.