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    Title: Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and subsequent brain structure changes revealed by voxel-based morphometry and generalized Q-sampling MRI
    Authors: Shen, CY;Weng, JC;Tsai, JD;Su, PH;Chou, MC;Wang, SL
    Contributors: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Abstract: Previous studies have indicated that prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can cause adverse neuropsychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. This study aimed to determine the association between the concentrations of prenatal EDCs and brain structure changes in teenagers by using MRI. We recruited 49 mother-child pairs during the third trimester of pregnancy, and collected and examined the concentration of EDCs-including phthalate esters, perfluorochemicals (PFCs), and heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury)-in maternal urine and/or serum. MRI voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and generalized q-sampling imaging (GQI) mapping-including generalized fractional anisotropy (GFA), normalized quantitative anisotropy (NQA), and the isotropic value of the orientation distribution function (ISO)-were obtained in teenagers 13-16 years of age in order to find the association between maternal EDC concentrations and possible brain structure alterations in the teenagers' brains. We found that there are several specific vulnerable brain areas/structures associated with prenatal exposure to EDCs, including decreased focal brain volume, primarily in the frontal lobe; high frontoparietal lobe, temporooccipital lobe and cerebellum; and white matter structural alterations, which showed a negative association with GFA/NQA and a positive association with ISO, primarily in the corpus callosum, external and internal capsules, corona radiata, superior fronto-occipital fasciculus, and superior longitudinal fasciculus. Prenatal exposure to EDCs may be associated with specific brain structure alterations in teenagers.
    Date: 2021-04-30
    Relation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Apr 30;18(9):Article number 4798.
    Link to: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094798
    Cited Times(WOS): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000650257300001
    Cited Times(Scopus): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85105459246
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