Fluoride exposure during pregnancy and lactation triggers oxidative stress and molecular changes in hippocampus of offspring rats

Long-term exposure to high concentrations of fluoride (F) can damage mineralized and soft tissues such as bones, liver, kidney, intestine, and nervous system of adult rats. The high permeability of the blood–brain barrier and placenta to F during pregnancy and lactation may be critical to neurologic...

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Main Authors: Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira, Walessa Alana Bragança Aragão, Leonardo Oliveira Bittencourt, Bruna Puty, Aline Dionizio, Michel Platini Caldas de Souza, Marilia Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf, Edivaldo Herculano de Oliveira, Maria Elena Crespo-Lopez, Rafael Rodrigues Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651320312744