Outdoor air pollution and brain development in childhood and adolescence

MM Herting, KL Bottenhorn, DL Cotter - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
Exposure to outdoor air pollution has been linked to adverse health effects, including
potential widespread impacts on the CNS. Ongoing brain development may render children …

A research agenda for understanding how social inequality is linked to brain structure and function

ML Hatzenbuehler, KA McLaughlin… - Nature human …, 2024 - nature.com
Consistent evidence documents powerful effects of social inequality on health, well-being
and academic achievement. Yet research on whether social inequality may also be linked to …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of ambient fine particulates, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone on maturation of functional brain networks across early adolescence

DL Cotter, CE Campbell, K Sukumaran… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Air pollution is linked to neurodevelopmental delays, but its association with
longitudinal changes in brain network development has yet to be investigated. We aimed to …

The association between exposure to fine particulate air pollution and the trajectory of internalizing and externalizing behaviors during late childhood and early …

HR Smolker, CE Reid, NP Friedman… - Environmental Health …, 2024 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Exposure to high levels of fine particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic
diameter≤ 2.5 μ m (PM 2.5) via air pollution may be a risk factor for psychiatric disorders …

Air pollution and age-dependent changes in emotional behavior across early adolescence in the US

CE Campbell, DL Cotter, KL Bottenhorn, E Burnor… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent studies have linked air pollution to increased risk for behavioral problems during
development, albeit with inconsistent findings. Additional longitudinal studies are needed …

[HTML][HTML] Building towards an adolescent neural urbanome: Expanding environmental measures using linked external data (LED) in the ABCD study

C Cardenas-Iniguez, JN Schachner, KI Ip… - Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Many recent studies have demonstrated that environmental contexts, both social and
physical, have an important impact on child and adolescent neural and behavioral …

[HTML][HTML] Clearing the air: A systematic review of studies on air pollution and childhood brain outcomes to mobilize policy change

AM Parenteau, S Hang, JR Swartz, AS Wexler… - Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change, wildfires, and environmental justice concerns have drawn increased
attention to the impact of air pollution on children's health and development. Children are …

Particulate Matter Exposure and Default Mode Network Equilibrium During Early Adolescence

CG Zundel, S Ely, C Brokamp, JR Strawn… - Brain …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: Air pollution exposure has been associated with adverse cognitive and mental
health outcomes in children, adolescents, and adults, although youth may be particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution from biomass burning disrupts early adolescent cortical microarchitecture development

KL Bottenhorn, K Sukumaran… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exposure to outdoor particulate matter (PM 2.5) represents a ubiquitous threat to human
health, and particularly the neurotoxic effects of PM 2.5 from multiple sources may disrupt …

[HTML][HTML] A Systematic Review of Air Pollution Exposure and Brain Structure and Function during Development

J Morrel, M Dong, MA Rosario, DL Cotter… - medRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: Air pollutants are known neurotoxicants. In this updated systematic review, we
evaluate new evidence since our 2019 systematic review on the effect of outdoor air …