Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults
An analysis of cognitive and brain structural data from over 900 Japanese participants reveals a relationship between increased hair mercury levels and reduced cognitive performance and reductions in gray and white matter volume.
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| author | Hikaru Takeuchi Yuka Shiota Ken Yaoi 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 Susumu Yokota Daniele Magistro Yuko Sassa Ryuta Kawashima |
| author_facet | Hikaru Takeuchi Yuka Shiota Ken Yaoi 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 Susumu Yokota Daniele Magistro Yuko Sassa Ryuta Kawashima |
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| description | An analysis of cognitive and brain structural data from over 900 Japanese participants reveals a relationship between increased hair mercury levels and reduced cognitive performance and reductions in gray and white matter volume. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95855d12dfd9454699c24a46880293612022-12-22T00:29:02ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Biology2399-36422022-06-015111410.1038/s42003-022-03464-zMercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adultsHikaru Takeuchi0Yuka Shiota1Ken Yaoi2Yasuyuki Taki3Rui Nouchi4Ryoichi Yokoyama5Yuka Kotozaki6Seishu Nakagawa7Atsushi Sekiguchi8Kunio Iizuka9Sugiko Hanawa10Tsuyoshi Araki11Carlos Makoto Miyauchi12Kohei Sakaki13Takayuki Nozawa14Shigeyuki Ikeda15Susumu Yokota16Daniele Magistro17Yuko Sassa18Ryuta Kawashima19Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityUnited Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Kanazawa University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Chiba University and University of FukuiResearch Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa UniversityDivision of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityCreative Interdisciplinary Research Division, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Tohoku UniversitySchool of Medicine, Kobe UniversityDivision of Clinical research, Medical-Industry Translational Research Center, Fukushima Medical University School of MedicineDepartment of Human Human Brain Brain Science, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityDivision of Medical Neuroimaging Analysis, Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of MedicineDepartment of Human Human Brain Brain Science, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityADVANTAGE Risk Management Co., LtdDepartment of Advanced Brain Science, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityDepartment of Advanced Brain Science, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityResearch Institute for the Earth Inclusive Sensing, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Ubiquitous Sensing, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityDivision for Experimental Natural Science, Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu UniversityNational Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM), The NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, School of Sport, Exercise, and Health Sciences, Loughborough UniversityDivision of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityDivision of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku UniversityAn analysis of cognitive and brain structural data from over 900 Japanese participants reveals a relationship between increased hair mercury levels and reduced cognitive performance and reductions in gray and white matter volume.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03464-z |
| spellingShingle | Hikaru Takeuchi Yuka Shiota Ken Yaoi 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 Susumu Yokota Daniele Magistro Yuko Sassa Ryuta Kawashima Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults Communications Biology |
| title | Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults |
| title_full | Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults |
| title_fullStr | Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults |
| title_short | Mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults |
| title_sort | mercury levels in hair are associated with reduced neurobehavioral performance and altered brain structures in young adults |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03464-z |
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