• Author: Linda L. Chao
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Assessing Veterans with Gulf War illness for prodromal Parkinson's disease risk with the REM behavioral sleep disorder questionnaire

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To assess deployed Gulf War (GW) veterans for prodromal Parkinson's Disease (PD) using the REM Sleep Behavioral Disorder (RBD) Screening Questionnaire (RBDSQ). …

Gulf War illness is associated with host gut microbiome dysbiosis and is linked to altered species abundance in Veterans from the BBRAIN cohort

Abstract: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a debilitating condition marked by chronic fatigue, cognitive problems, pain, and gastrointestinal (GI) complaints in veterans who were deployed …

Paraoxonase 1 status in relation to Gulf War Illness: evidence of gene–exposure interactions from a multisite case–control study of 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans

Abstract: Background: Deployment-related neurotoxicant exposures are implicated in the etiology of Gulf War illness (GWI), the multisymptom condition associated with military …

Current health status of Gulf War deployed and Gulf War era Veterans who use Veterans Affairs health care

Abstract: Background: Although some recent studies have examined the health of female Gulf War (GW) deployed and non-deployed GW era veterans, these all relied on self-report, …

Child abuse interacts with hippocampal and corpus callosum volume on psychophysiological response to startling auditory stimuli in a sample of veterans

Abstract: Child abuse (CA), which is linked to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), has been associated with a reduction in both hippocampal and corpus callosum (CC) volume. …

Effects of low-level sarin and cyclosarin exposure on hippocampal microstructure in Gulf War Veterans

Abstract: In early March 1991, shortly after the end of the Gulf War (GW), a munitions dump was destroyed at Khamisiyah, Iraq. Later, in 1996, the dump was found to have contained …