About the Authors

Kim M Cecil

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kim.cecil@cchmc.org

Affiliations Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America , Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher J Brubaker

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Caleb M Adler

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kim N Dietrich

Affiliations Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America , Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Mekibib Altaye

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

John C Egelhoff

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Stephanie Wessel

Affiliations Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America , Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ilayaraja Elangovan

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Richard Hornung

Affiliations Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America , Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kelly Jarvis

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Bruce P Lanphear

Affiliations Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America , Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

Two of the study's authors, BPL and RH, are on the editorial board of PLoS Medicine. BPL and KND sporadically serve as expert witnesses without personal financial gain.

Author Contributions

KMC, CJB, KND, and BPL designed the experiments/the study. CJB, KND, JCE, and SW collected data or did experiments for the study. KMC, CJB, CMA, KND, MA, IE, and KJ analyzed the data. KMC, KND, and SW enrolled patients. KMC wrote the first draft of the paper. KMC, CJB, CMA, SW, RH, and BPL contributed to writing the paper. CJB designed part of the experiments/study and performed all the analysis. JCE reviewed the MRI studies. KMC, KND, and BPL participated in original conception of study, study design, and interpretation of results.