ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2017
Portable Functional Neuroimaging as an Environmental Epidemiology Tool: A How-To Guide for the Use of fNIRS in Field Studies.
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- Real-World fNIRS Brain Activity Measurements during Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- A Methodological Review of fNIRS in Driving Research: Relevance to the Future of Autonomous Vehicles.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Review
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- Variability and predictors of weekly pesticide exposure in applicators from organic, sustainable and conventional smallholder farms in Costa Rica.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and functional neuroimaging in adolescents living in proximity to pesticide application.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
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Abstract
summaryThe widespread application of functional neuroimaging within the field of environmental epidemiology has the potential to greatly enhance our understanding of how environmental toxicants affect brain function. Because many epidemiological studies take place in remote and frequently changing environments, it is necessary that the primary neuroimaging approach adopted by the epidemiology community be robust to many environments, easy to use, and, preferably, mobile. Here, we outline our use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to collect functional brain imaging data from Costa Rican farm workers enrolled in an epidemiological study on the health effects of chronic pesticide exposure. While couched in this perspective, we focus on the methodological considerations that are necessary to conduct a mobile fNIRS study in a diverse range of environments. Thus, this guide is intended to be generalizable to all research scenarios and projects in which fNIRS may be used to collect functional brain imaging data in epidemiological field surveys. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP2049.
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