Thalamic GABA Predicts Fine Motor Performance in Manganese-Exposed Smelter Workers

Zaiyang Long; Xiang-Rong Li; Jun Xu; Richard A. E. Edden; Wei-Ping Qin; Li-Ling Long; James B. Murdoch; Wei Zheng; Yue-Ming Jiang; Ulrike Dydak

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088220

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Thalamic GABA Predicts Fine Motor Performance in Manganese-Exposed Smelter Workers

Zaiyang Long,

Affiliations School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Xiang-Rong Li,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Jun Xu,

Affiliations School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Richard A. E. Edden,

Affiliations Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, FM Kirby Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Wei-Ping Qin,

Affiliation Department of Occupational Poisoning, Guangxi Institute for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment, Nanning, China
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Li-Ling Long,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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James B. Murdoch,

Affiliation Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA, Mayfield Village, Ohio, United States of America
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Wei Zheng,

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Yue-Ming Jiang ,

* E-mail: udydak@purdue.edu (UD); ymjiang@163.com (YMJ)

Affiliation Department of Health Toxicology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Ulrike Dydak

* E-mail: udydak@purdue.edu (UD); ymjiang@163.com (YMJ)

Affiliations School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Thalamic GABA Predicts Fine Motor Performance in Manganese-Exposed Smelter Workers

Zaiyang Long,
Xiang-Rong Li,
Jun Xu,
Richard A. E. Edden,
Wei-Ping Qin,
Li-Ling Long,
James B. Murdoch,
Wei Zheng,
Yue-Ming Jiang,
Ulrike Dydak

Published: February 4, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088220

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