Frontiers in toxicology

Effects of predicted Khamisiyah exposure on default mode network resting state functional connectivity in Gulf War Veterans.

Frontiers in toxicology 2026 Linda L Chao, Salvatore Torrisi

Potentially more than 100,000 US troops were exposed to organophosphorus (OP) nerve agents when an ammunition bunker at Khamisiyah, Iraq was destroyed shortly after the end of the 1991 Gulf War (GW). We previously reported evidence of differences in brain structure and function in GW veterans with predicted exposure to the Khamisiyah plume compared to veterans without predicted exposure. Here,...