Developmental Exposure to Environmental Contaminants

• Other Authors: Stietz, Kimberly Keil (Editor), Baker, Tracie (Editor), Plavicki, Jessica (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; Medical toxicology; arsenic; synaptic transmission; long-term potentiation; hippocampus; development; lower urinary tract; bladder; inflammation; POPs; developmental basis of adult disease; multigenerational; toxicants; bronchopulmonary dysplasia; therapeutics; lung development; selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; perinatal mortality; neonatal morbidity; fluoxetine; sertraline; endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC); Aroclor 1221 (A1221); PCBs; vinclozolin; social behavior; sex differences; transgenerational; epigenetic; endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC); polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB); mating behavior; paced mating; ultrasonic vocalization (USV); estradiol; triclosan; triclocarbon; detergents; 4-nonylphenol; Danio rerio; zebrafish; environmental toxicity; aquatic environment; ground water chemicals; lower urinary tract dysfunction; lower urinary tract symptoms; BPH; prostate; axonal growth; developmental neurotoxicity; neuronal morphogenesis; PBDE; reactive oxygen species; thyroid hormone; pesticides; prebiotic; intestinal dysbiosis; perigestational; dysmetabolism; risk factor; behavior; chemical screening; literature comparison; developmental toxicity; negative control; positive control; rapid testing; PFAS; PFAS mixtures; epigenetics; microglia; valproic acid; primary motor cortex
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Development provides an especially sensitive window whereby environmental contaminants can have significant and lasting effects on the morphology and function of many organs and systems. The importance of understanding developmental effects of environmental contaminants extends not only to developme...