Current Opinion in Pediatrics 2008, 20:191–197 Purpose of review This review summarizes the recent research on pesticide exposure and child neurobehavioral development with a focus on in-utero exposure to organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides. Recent findings Recent studies on in-utero exposure to the organochlorine pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its breakdown product, di...

Effect of bisphenol-A on neurodevelopment in Drosophila melanogaster larvae" (2016).

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) can emerge as a complication of placental dysfunction and increases the risk for neurodevelopmental delay. Marked elevations of umbilical artery (UA) Doppler resistance that set the stage for cardiovascular and biophysical deterioration with subsequent preterm birth characterize early-onset FGR. Minimal, or absent UA Doppler abnormalities and isolated cerebral Dop...

Radomska, K. 2014. Functional studies of the Quaking gene. Focus on astroglia and neurodevelopment. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1152. 59 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-8960-1. The RNA-binding protein Quaking (QKI) plays a fundamental role in post-transcriptional gene regulation during mammalian...

IMPORTANCE Prevention of iron deficiency in infancy may promote neurodevelopment. Delayed cord clamping (DCC) can prevent iron deficiency during the first 6 months of life. However, no data are available on long-term effects on infant outcomes in relation to time for umbilical cord clamping. OBJECTIVE To investigate effects of DCC, as compared with early cord clamping (ECC), on infant iron st...

Micronutrients make up the central nervous system structure and play major functional roles: they stimulate nerve cell development, migration, and differentiation. The goal of this study is to review the scientific literature regarding the role of micronutrients in infant brain structure and function. Thus, we aim at providing pediatricians with knowledge on the importance of introducing all nu...

The hypothesis that intrauterine exposure to hairdressers' chemicals adversely affects neurodevelopment of the offspring was investigated. Neurodevelopmental characteristics were analysed using a historical cohort study of reproductive disorders among hairdressers in The Netherlands. Because exposure in hair salons to agents toxic to reproductive processes might have changed over time, two spec...

The purpose was to analyse the relationship between quality of ecological environment and neurodevelopment children in an Early Childhood Education Unit Amazon. Seventy from two five years participated, assessed by Denver-II screening test, three times year. Home Environment Resources Scale, Family Poverty Index, Neighbourhood Quality Instrument, ECERS-R Scale were applied times. results agreed...

A considerable number of cognitive processes depend on the integration of multisensory information. The brain integrates this information, providing a complete representation of our surrounding world and giving us the ability to react optimally to the environment. Infancy is a period of great changes in brain structure and function that are reflected by the increase of processing capacities of ...