Prenatal exposure to urban air nanoparticles in mice causes altered neuronal differentiation and depression-like responses.

Prenatal exposure to urban air nanoparticles in mice causes altered neuronal differentiation and depression-like responses.

Emerging evidence suggests that excessive exposure to traffic-derived air pollution during pregnancy may increase the vulnerability to neurodevelopmental alterations that underlie a broad array of neuropsychiatric disorders. We present a mouse model for prenatal exposure to urban freeway nanoparticu...

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Main Authors: David A Davis, Marco Bortolato, Sean C Godar, Thomas K Sander, Nahoko Iwata, Payam Pakbin, Jean C Shih, Kiros Berhane, Rob McConnell, Constantinos Sioutas, Caleb E Finch, Todd E Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3667185?pdf=render

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