Prenatal exposure to maternal infections or immune response and the offspring's risk for mental disorders : a review [PDF]
, 2015 The objective of this review is to summarize the current scientific evidence on the effect of prenatal exposure to maternal infection and immune response on the offspring's risk for mental disorders.
Flinkkilä, Eerika
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Conclusions of the French Food Safety Agency on the toxicity of bisphenol A [PDF]
, 2011 Since more than 10 years, risk assessment of bisphenol A (BPA) is debated at the international level. In 2008, the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) expressed some concern for adverse effects, at current level of exposure to BPA, on developmental ...
Arnich, Nathalie +12 more
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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Preventing Low Birthweight [PDF]
, 2009 Outlines trends in low birthweight and preterm births and offers prevention strategies such as expanding access to comprehensive health care, ensuring good nutrition for pregnant women, and addressing demographic, social, and environmental risk ...
Barbara Shore, Rima Shore
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Cardiovascular disease in a cohort exposed to the 1940-45 Channel Islands occupation [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND To clarify the nature of the relationship between food deprivation/undernutrition during pre- and postnatal development and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in later life, this study examined the relationship between birth weight (as a marker ...
A Forsdahl +43 more
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Timing of maternal exposure and fetal sex determine the effects of low-level chemical mixture exposure on the fetal neuroendocrine system in sheep [PDF]
, 2016 We have shown that continuous maternal exposure to the complex mixture of environmental chemicals (ECs) found in human biosolids (sewage sludge), disrupts mRNA expression of genes crucial for development and long-term regulation of hypothalamo-pituitary ...
Bellingham, M. +7 more
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Cognitive functioning, clinical profile and life events in young adults addicted to drugs. Does being a girl make a difference? [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: Gender features play a fundamental role as risk factors in drug addiction, entailing differences in vulnerability, onset, drug use and clinical trajectories.
Alessandra Simonelli +5 more
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Circadian regulation of reproduction: From gamete to offspring [PDF]
, 2013 P01326625; Grants: GNT0519315Few challenges are more critical to the survival of a species than reproduction. To ensure reproductive success, myriad aspects of physiology and behaviour need to be tightly orchestrated within the animal, as well as timed ...
Boden, M., Kennaway, D., Varcoe, T.
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Developmental Effects of Nicotine Exposure in Drosophila Melanogaster [PDF]
, 2017 Approximately 12%-20% of pregnant women smoke at some point during pregnancy, and 10% of pregnant women are reported to have smoked during the last 3 months of pregnancy.
Wong, Lisa Janet
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Developmental toxic effects of ethylbenzene or toluene alone and in combination with butyl acetate in rats after inhalation exposure [PDF]
, 2007 First, the developmental toxic potential of n-butyl acetate (BA) was examined in Sprague-Dawley rats following whole body inhalation exposure, 6 h day-1, from day 6 to 20 of gestation, at concentrations of 0, 500, 1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm.
Bourges-Abella, Nathalie +4 more
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Metabotropic glutamate 2/3 receptors and epigenetic modifications in psychotic disorders: a review [PDF]
, 2016 Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder are chronic psychiatric disorders, both considered as "major psychosis"; they are thought to share some pathogenetic factors involving a dysfunctional gene x environment interaction.
Grayson, Danis R +4 more
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