Air pollution, cognitive deficits and brain abnormalities: A pilot study with children and dogs

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-127

  Calderón Garcidueñas, Lilian ^a,b   Mora Tiscareño, Antonieta ^a   Ontiveros, Esperanza ^a   Gómez Garza, Gilberto ^a   Barragán Mejía, Gerardo ^a   Broadway, James ^c   Chapman, Susan ^d   Valencia Salazar, Gildardo ^a   Jewells, Valerie ^e   Maronpot, Robert R ^f   Henríquez Roldán, Carlos ^g   Pérez Guillé, Beatriz ^a   Torres Jardón, Ricardo ^h   Herrit, Lou ^b   Brooks, Diane ^b   Osnaya Brizuela, Norma ^a   Monroy, Maria E ^a   González Maciel, Angelica ^a   Reynoso Robles, Rafael ^a   Villarreal Calderon, Rafael ⁱ   Solt, Anna C ^j   Engle, Randall W ^c   more..

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Rockdale County Public Schools   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^j HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Air pollution; Brain MRI; Children; Dogs; Endothelial pathology; Fluid cognition; Neuroinflammation; Particulate matter PM; Ultrafine PM; White matter hyperintense lesions WML

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENCEPHALITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREA; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICO; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 54049130925     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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