FUNCTIONAL
BRAIN SCANNING WITH SPECT AFTER NEUROTOXIC CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

Figure 1
Three-dimensional SPECT on a 65-year-old male who was exposed to significant amounts of an
organophosphate (chlorpyrifos) twenty-six months earlier. This patient became severely
impaired with regard to cognitive and memory functions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The SPECTs shown were obtained under the
direction of Dr. Uszler at Santa Monica Hospital in Santa Monica California.
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