Chemicals in the Environment and Brain Development: Importance of Neuroendocrinological Approaches

• Autore principale: Shoji F. Nakayama (auth)
• Altri autori: Fumihiko Maekawa (auth), Kazuaki Nakamura (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Serie: Frontiers Research Topics
• Soggetti: environment; Children's health; developmental disorder; chemicals; Endocrine-disrupting chemicals; Brain Development
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Mounting evidence shows that increasing numbers of children are being diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders, and it is clear that this increase cannot be explained by genetic background alone. A number of studies, including epidemiological studies, have found an association between in-utero an...