Effects of Environmental Pollutants on Neurodevelopment
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurotoxicity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1655
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dendrites; neuron; synapses; oxidative stress; neurobiology; neurodegeneration; neuron culture; brain development; behavioral neuroscience; developmental neurobiology
Interests: health sciences; pharmacology and therapeutics; professional sciences; pharmaceutical toxicology
Interests: social cognition; neuroscience; cognition
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid development of the pharmaceutical industry, the incidence of infertility and preterm birth have risen sharply. In addition to congenital diseases, advanced-age maternal birth, social stress, and environmental factors are important influencing factors, including fine particular materials (PM2.5) of air pollution, environmental pollutants such as dimethylaniline (3,5 - DMA), and inflammatory factors (LPS). These affect conception, embryonic development, preterm birth, and congenital diseases. Previous studies have pointed out that LPS, 3,5-DMA, and PM2.5 affect fetal brain development, causing cortical stratification abnormalities and further affecting fetal behavioral expressions, such as memory and cognitive decline. This Special Issue aims to explore neuronal behavior alterations caused by and the molecular mechanisms involved in abnormal neurodevelopment caused by environmental pollutants. In addition, this Special Issue is focused on investigating whether there is a way to fight environmental factors so that the fetal brain can develop normally, as well as methods of protection of the subsequent development of neural function.
Dr. Chiayi Tseng
Prof. Dr. Pinar Erkekoğlu
Dr. Lindsay Bowman
Prof. Dr. Jun Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- brain development
- environmental pollutants
- neural function