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Associations between prenatal maternal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and birth outcomes among pregnant women in San Francisco

Environmental Health, 2020
Background Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used in consumer products for their water repellent and flame retardant properties, respectively.
S. Eick, Elizabeth K. Hom Thepaksorn, Monika A. Izano, L. Cushing, Yunzhu Wang, Sabrina Smith, Songmei Gao, June-Soo Park, A. Padula, E. DeMicco, L. Valeri, T. Woodruff, R. Morello-Frosch   +12 more
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Prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) [PDF]

Fertility and Sterility, 2008
The scientific community now recognizes that exposure tocertain environmental chemicals can adversely affect thedeveloping organism, and subsequently result in a lifetimerisk of chronic disease (the developmental basis of adulthealth and disease). Prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol(DES) was the first documented example where exposureof the fetus ...
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Prenatal Drug Exposure in Children With a History of Neuropsychiatric Care: A Nested Case-Control Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Background and ObjectivesNeuropsychiatric disorders in childhood after prenatal drug exposure raises concerns. Most of the published studies focused on psychotropic medications.
Justine Benevent, Caroline Hurault-Delarue, Mélanie Araujo, Alexis Revet, Alexis Revet, Agnès Sommet, Isabelle Lacroix, Christine Damase-Michel   +7 more
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Prenatal exposure to air pollution as a potential risk factor for autism and ADHD.

Environment International, 2019
Genetic and environmental factors both contribute to the development of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
A. Oudin, Kasper Frondelius, N. Haglund, K. Källén, B. Forsberg, P. Gustafsson, E. Malmqvist   +6 more
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Prenatal exposure to valproic acid increases miR-132 levels in the mouse embryonic brain

Molecular Autism, 2017
Background MicroRNAs, small non-coding RNAs, are highly expressed in the mammalian brain, and the dysregulation of microRNA levels may be involved in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Yuta Hara, Yukio Ago, Erika Takano, Shigeru Hasebe, Takanobu Nakazawa, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Toshio Matsuda, Kazuhiro Takuma   +7 more
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Improving translational relevance: The need for combined exposure models for studying prenatal adversity

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 2021
Prenatal environmental adversity is a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), with the neuroimmune environment proposed to play a role in this risk.
Brittany L. Smith
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Prenatal exposure to phthalates and neurocognitive development in children at two years of age.

Environment International, 2019
BACKGROUND Phthalates are a family of endocrine disruptors with short elimination half-lives in the human body. To date, few epidemiological studies have examined repeated measures of maternal urinary phthalates and the combined effects of prenatal ...
Xi Qian, Jiufeng Li, Shunqing Xu, Yanjian Wan, Yuan-yuan Li, Yangqian Jiang, Hongzhi Zhao, Yanqiu Zhou, Jiaqiang Liao, Hongxiu Liu, Xiaojie Sun, Wenyu Liu, Yang Peng, Chen Hu, Bin Zhang, Shi Lu, Z. Cai, W. Xia   +17 more
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Supplementary prenatal copper increases plasma triiodothyronine and brown adipose tissue uncoupling protein-1 gene expression but depresses thermogenesis in newborn lambs [PDF]

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020
Objective We tested the hypothesis that increasing dietary copper (Cu) to gravid ewes would enhance brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis in their offspring. Methods Twin-bearing ewes were assigned on d 70 of gestation to diets containing 3, 10, or 20
Stephen B. Smith, Craig R. Sweatt, Gordon E. Carstens   +2 more
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The association between neighborhood environment, prenatal exposure to alcohol and tobacco, and structural brain development

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure affects child brain development. Less is known about how neighborhood environment (built, institutional, and social) may be associated with structural brain development and whether prenatal exposure to alcohol or ...
Yingjing Xia, Verónica M. Vieira
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Unilateral morning glory disc anomaly in a patient with prenatal Zika virus exposure

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous, 2020
Background To report a case of morning glory disc anomaly (MGDA) in a pediatric patient with prenatal Zika virus (ZIKV) exposure. Case presentation A 3-year-old male with prenatal exposure to ZIKV, confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction testing
Sofía M. Muns, Mónica P. González, Victor M. Villegas, Gabriela de la Vega, Camila V. Ventura, Audina M. Berrocal   +5 more
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