ArticleMilitary Medical Research2023
Chemical exposures and suspected impact on Gulf War Veterans.
Article in Military Medical Research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Corticosteroid Usage in Modeling Gulf War Illness in Pre-Clinical Models: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Genomic interplay between deployment exposures and Gulf War illness in Million Veteran Program participants.Human genomics · 2026Article
- Gulf War Illness: Neurological Impacts, Pathophysiological Insights, and Therapeutic Prospects.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- The Association Between Self-Reported Types of Toxic Exposures and Symptom Severity Among Gulf War Era Veterans.Medical care · 2026Article
- Age- and sex-associated effects of C18 ceramide sphingolipids on osteoclastogenesis in experimental models of Gulf War Illness.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Therapeutic Potential of Synthetic Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Antagonist MIA-690 as a Cognitive Modulator in a Mouse Model of Gulf War Illness.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Persistent enteric neuroinflammation chronically impairs colonic motility in a pyridostigmine bromide-induced mouse model of Gulf War illness.Biology open · 2025Article
- Gulf War Illness Induced Sex-Specific Transcriptional Differences Under Stressful Conditions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Crisis in the gut: navigating gastrointestinal challenges in Gulf War Illness with bioengineering.Military Medical Research · 2024Review
- Exposure to Gulf war illness-related chemicals exacerbates alcohol-induced liver damage in rodents.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Exposure to Gulf war illness-related chemicals exacerbates alcohol- induced liver damage in rodents.Research square · 2024Article
- Neurological manifestations of encephalitic alphaviruses, traumatic brain injuries, and organophosphorus nerve agent exposure.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- Novel characterization of endogenous transient receptor potential melastatin 3 ion channels from Gulf War Illness participants.PloS one · 2024Article
- Metabolomics and Self-Reported Depression, Anxiety, and Phobic Symptoms in the VA Normative Aging Study.Metabolites · 2023Article
- Identifying and Caring for Veterans with Multiple Sclerosis.North Carolina medical journal · 2023Review
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Abstract
Gulf War Illness (GWI) encompass a spectrum of maladies specific to troops deployed during the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991). There are several hypothesized factors believed to contribute to GWI, including (but not limited to) exposures to chemical agents and a foreign environment (e.g., dust, pollens, insects, and microbes). Moreover, the inherent stress associated with deployment and combat has been associated with GWI. While the etiology of GWI remains uncertain, several studies have provided strong evidence that chemical exposures, especially neurotoxicants, may be underlying factors for the development of GWI. This mini style perspective article will focus on some of the major evidence linking chemical exposures to GWI development and persistence decades after exposure.
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