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Chemical contaminants — a toxic mixture for neurodevelopment

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A mixture of chemicals commonly detected in human amniotic fluid has been found to perturb thyroid signalling, development of neurons and glia in the brain, and behavioural outcomes in offspring, when tested in a frog model of embryogenesis. The findings show the exquisite sensitivity of the developing organism to environmental contaminants.

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  1. Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C7000, Austin, 78712, Texas, USA

    Morgan E. Hernandez

  2. College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin, 107 W. Dean Keeton Street, C0875, 78712, Texas, USA

    Andrea C. Gore

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Hernandez, M., Gore, A. Chemical contaminants — a toxic mixture for neurodevelopment. Nat Rev Endocrinol 13, 322–323 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2017.40

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