Insecticides are by design toxic. They must be toxic to effectively kill target species of insects.
Unfortunately, they also have off-target toxic effects that can harm other species, including …

Background Accumulating evidence suggests a positive association between exposure to
non-agricultural pesticides and childhood brain tumors (CBT). Objective (1) To conduct a …

Diabetes Mellitus is associated with increased risk of cognitive and behavioural disorders
with hitherto undeciphered role of glia. Glia as majority population in brain serve several …

High-throughput test methods including molecular, cellular, and alternative species-based
assays that examine critical events of normal brain development are being developed for …

Behavioral impairments are the most empirical consequence of diabetes mellitus
documented in both humans and animal models, but the underlying causes are still poorly …

Pregnant women have been ubiquitously exposed to pyrethroid pesticides. Previous
studies, mainly based on third trimester measurements of maternal urinary pyrethroid …

Early life Stress is a worldwide concern linked with development of later life neurological
disorders. Early developmental age is sensitive to many prominent environmental insults …

Pyrethroids (PYRs) are a group of synthetic organic chemicals that mimic natural pyrethrins.
Due to their low toxicity and persistence in mammals, they are widely used today. PYRs …

The present work is to evaluate the neurotoxicity induced by pyrethroid insecticide
“Deltamethrin” at 0.32 mg/kg/day in two main regions of the Wistar rat brain (hippocampus …

Prenatal exposure to cypermethrin is a risk factor for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes
in children. In addition, maternal psychological stress during pregnancy has significant …