Neurotoxicants, the Developing Brain, and Mental Health.

ABSTRACT: While life in urban environments may confer a number of benefits, it may also result in a variety of exposures, with toxic consequences for neurodevelopment and neuropsychological health. Neurotoxicants are any of a large number of chemicals or substances that interfere with normal function and/or compromise adaptation in the central and/or peripheral nervous system. Evidence suggests that neurotoxicant effects have a greater effect when occurring in utero and during early childhood. Recent findings exploring neural-level mechanisms provide a crucial opportunity to explore the ways in which environmental conditions may get "under the skin" to impact a number of psychological behaviors and cognitive processes, ultimately allowing for greater synergy between macro- and microlevel efforts to

SUBMITTER: Cardenas-Iniguez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9337627 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature