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    Dhanabalan Murali

    Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism stands at the interface between basic and clinical neurovascular research, and features research on experimental, theoretical, and clinical aspects of brain circulation, metabolism... more
    Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism stands at the interface between basic and clinical neurovascular research, and features research on experimental, theoretical, and clinical aspects of brain circulation, metabolism and imaging. The journal is relevant to any physician ...
    Exposure to several environmental chemicals in utero is associated with subtle deleterious effects in cognitive, motor and behavioral functions. In order to assess in utero exposure to possible neurotoxins, fetal brain uptake of an... more
    Exposure to several environmental chemicals in utero is associated with subtle deleterious effects in cognitive, motor and behavioral functions. In order to assess in utero exposure to possible neurotoxins, fetal brain uptake of an exogenous compound given to a pregnant rhesus macaque was investigated using PET/CT imaging. CT clearly delineated the fetus which allowed the time course of the PET tracer in the fetal brain and other organs to be monitored. This study demonstrates the feasibility of quantifying the absolute fetal uptake of chemicals given systemically to the mother.