title: Memory impairment exhibited by veterans with Gulf War Illness.
abstract: Roughly 26-32% of US veterans, who served in the first Gulf War, report suffering from chronic health problems ( Golomb, 2008 , Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, 105, 4295). The present study investigated the memory deficits reported by these ill Gulf War veterans (GWV) using a face-name associative memory paradigm administered during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The fMRI data confirmed memory performance on the memory task to be related to the amount of activation in the left hippocampus observed during the study. In addition, ill-GWV demonstrated decreased memory performance relative to unaffected GWV on this memory test, providing evidence of memory deficits using an objective measure of memory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019-0528, USA. odegard@uta.edu
authors.forename: Timothy N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Odegard
authors.forename: Crystal M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Emily A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Farris
authors.forename: Josh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arduengo
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D047830:Gulf War; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D014728:Veterans
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen