Communications Biology (Jul 2021)

Lead exposure is associated with functional and microstructural changes in the healthy human brain

  • Hikaru Takeuchi,
  • Yasuyuki Taki,
  • Rui Nouchi,
  • Ryoichi Yokoyama,
  • Yuka Kotozaki,
  • Seishu Nakagawa,
  • Atsushi Sekiguchi,
  • Kunio Iizuka,
  • Sugiko Hanawa,
  • Tsuyoshi Araki,
  • Carlos Makoto Miyauchi,
  • Kohei Sakaki,
  • Takayuki Nozawa,
  • Shigeyuki Ikeda,
  • Susum Yokota,
  • Magistro Daniele,
  • Yuko Sassa,
  • Ryuta Kawashima

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02435-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Hikaru Takeuchi et al. report that lead exposure in healthy controls might have an impact on brain activity and brain anatomy, particularly the dopaminergic system.