Neurotoxicants Are in the Air: Convergence of Human, Animal, andIn VitroStudies on the Effects of Air Pollution on the Brain

Neuroinflammation, Hyperphosphorylated Tau, Diffuse Amyloid Plaques, and Down-Regulation of the Cellular Prion Protein in Air Pollution Exposed Children and Young Adults

(2018) Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.   JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

Diesel Exhaust Induces Systemic Lipid Peroxidation and Development of Dysfunctional Pro-Oxidant and Pro-Inflammatory High-Density Lipoprotein

(2013) Fen Yin et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Prenatal and Early-Life Exposure to High-Level Diesel Exhaust Particles Leads to Increased Locomotor Activity and Repetitive Behaviors in Mice

(2013) Keerthi Thirtamara Rajamani et al.   Autism Research

Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure in the First Year of Life and Behavioral Scores at 7 Years of Age

(2013) Nicholas C. Newman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

PCBs and Diabetes: Pinning Down Mechanisms

(2013) Bob Weinhold   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Gender differences in brain susceptibility to oxidative stress are mediated by levels of paraoxonase-2 expression

(2013) G. Giordano et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Exposure to diesel exhaust during fetal period affects behavior and neurotransmitters in male offspring mice

(2013) Satoshi Yokota et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fetal exposure to diesel exhaust affects X-chromosome inactivation factor expression in mice

(2013) Takayuki Kumamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Paraoxonase-2 (PON2) in brain and its potential role in neuroprotection

(2013) Lucio G. Costa et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Developmental toxicity of diesel exhaust: A review of studies in experimental animals

(2013) Makoto Ema et al.   REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY

Evidence of reactive oxygen species-mediated damage to mitochondrial DNA in children with typical autism

(2013) Eleonora Napoli et al.   Molecular Autism

Brain immune interactions and air pollution: macrophage inhibitory factor (MIF), prion cellular protein (PrPC), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), and interleukin-2 (IL-2) in cerebrospinal fluid and MIF in serum differentiate urban children exposed to severe vs. low air pollution

(2013) Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution and Cognitive Decline in Older Women

(2012) Jennifer Weuve   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Diesel exhaust particles and airway inflammation

(2012) Andrew J. Ghio et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE

Prenatal air pollution exposure induces neuroinflammation and predisposes offspring to weight gain in adulthood in a sex-specific manner

(2012) Jessica L. Bolton et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Oxidative stress-related biomarkers in autism: Systematic review and meta-analyses

(2012) Alessandra Frustaci et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Relationships between single nucleotide polymorphisms of antioxidant enzymes and disease

(2012) Amanda Crawford et al.   GENE

Changed gene expression in brains of mice exposed to traffic in a highway tunnel

(2012) Inge Bos et al.   INHALATION TOXICOLOGY

Who fans the flames of Alzheimer's disease brains? Misfolded tau on the crossroad of neurodegenerative and inflammatory pathways

(2012) Norbert Zilka et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Neuroinflammation in autism spectrum disorders

(2012) Afaf El-Ansary et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Peripheral and central inflammation in autism spectrum disorders

(2012) Amaicha Mara Depino   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson disease

(2012) Richard L. Doty   Nature Reviews Neurology

The outdoor air pollution and brain health workshop

(2012) Michelle L. Block et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Using mouse models of autism spectrum disorders to study the neurotoxicology of gene–environment interactions

(2012) Jared J. Schwartzer et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND TERATOLOGY

Novel object recognition ability in female mice following exposure to nanoparticle-rich diesel exhaust

(2012) Tin-Tin Win-Shwe et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY

Exposure to severe urban air pollution influences cognitive outcomes, brain volume and systemic inflammation in clinically healthy children

(2011) Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.   BRAIN AND COGNITION

Diesel Exhaust Activates and Primes Microglia: Air Pollution, Neuroinflammation, and Regulation of Dopaminergic Neurotoxicity

(2011) Shannon Levesque et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Heterozygosity in the glutathione synthesis geneGclmincreases sensitivity to diesel exhaust particulate induced lung inflammation in mice

(2011) Chad S. Weldy et al.   INHALATION TOXICOLOGY

Nanoparticles and Neurotoxicity

(2011) Tin-Tin Win-Shwe et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Air pollution & the brain: Subchronic diesel exhaust exposure causes neuroinflammation and elevates early markers of neurodegenerative disease

(2011) Shannon Levesque et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Nasal instillation of nanoparticle-rich diesel exhaust particles slightly affects emotional behavior and learning capability in rats

(2011) Syunji Yokota et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Air pollution impairs cognition, provokes depressive-like behaviors and alters hippocampal cytokine expression and morphology

(2011) L K Fonken et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Olfaction in Parkinson's disease and related disorders

(2011) Richard L. Doty   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Brain: Significant Answers and Significant Questions

(2011) Guo-li Ming et al.   NEURON

Neurological impacts from inhalation of pollutants and the nose–brain connection

(2011) R.G. Lucchini et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Particulate matter neurotoxicity in culture is size-dependent

(2011) Patricia Gillespie et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Gene–Air Pollution Interaction and Cardiovascular Disease: A Review

(2011) Antonella Zanobetti et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

(2011) Edward A. Gill et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Paraoxonase 2 (PON2) in the mouse central nervous system: A neuroprotective role?

(2011) Gennaro Giordano et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY

DIESEL particulate exposed macrophages alter endothelial cell expression of eNOS, iNOS, MCP1, and glutathione synthesis genes

(2011) Chad S. Weldy et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Direct and indirect effects of particulate matter on the cardiovascular system

(2011) Timothy D. Nelin et al.   TOXICOLOGY LETTERS

Features of Microglia and Neuroinflammation Relevant to Environmental Exposure and Neurotoxicity

(2011) Andrew D. Kraft et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease

(2010) Young-Jung Lee et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH

Comparative evaluation of the effects of short-term inhalation exposure to diesel engine exhaust on rat lung and brain

(2010) Damien van Berlo et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease

(2010) Robert D. Brook et al.   CIRCULATION

What causes autism? Exploring the environmental contribution

(2010) Philip J Landrigan   CURRENT OPINION IN PEDIATRICS

Residential Proximity to Freeways and Autism in the CHARGE Study

(2010) Heather E. Volk et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Cognitive Function in a Cohort of Older Men

(2010) Melinda C. Power et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Neuroinflammation is a key player in Parkinson’s disease and a prime target for therapy

(2010) Li Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION

New neurons and new memories: how does adult hippocampal neurogenesis affect learning and memory?

(2010) Wei Deng et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

In utero exposure to a low concentration of diesel exhaust affects spontaneous locomotor activity and monoaminergic system in male mice

(2010) Tomoharu Suzuki et al.   Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Effect of prolonged exposure to diesel engine exhaust on proinflammatory markers in different regions of the rat brain

(2010) Miriam E Gerlofs-Nijland et al.   Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Perinatal exposure to diesel exhaust affects gene expression in mouse cerebrum

(2009) Naomi Tsukue et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Diesel Exhaust Particles: Effects on Neurofunction in Female Mice

(2009) Karin Sørig Hougaard et al.   BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY

A Growing Role for Gender Analysis in Air Pollution Epidemiology

(2009) Jane E. Clougherty   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Long-term exposure to traffic-related particulate matter impairs cognitive function in the elderly

(2009) Ulrich Ranft et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Urban air pollution: Influences on olfactory function and pathology in exposed children and young adults

(2009) Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY

Role of oxidative damage in toxicity of particulates

(2009) Peter Møller et al.   FREE RADICAL RESEARCH

Association of traffic-related air pollution with cognitive development in children

(2009) C. Freire et al.   JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Autism

(2009) Susan E Levy et al.   LANCET

Air pollution: mechanisms of neuroinflammation and CNS disease

(2009) Michelle L. Block et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

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

(2008) Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.   BRAIN AND COGNITION

Diesel exhaust particles induce oxidative stress, proinflammatory signaling, and P-glycoprotein up-regulation at the blood-brain barrier

(2008) Anika M. S. Hartz et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Systemic infection and inflammation in acute CNS injury and chronic neurodegeneration: Underlying mechanisms

(2008) J.L. Teeling et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Effect of prenatal exposure to diesel exhaust on dopaminergic system in mice

(2008) Satoshi Yokota et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Particulate matter, oxidative stress and neurotoxicity

(2008) Sheba M.J. MohanKumar et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Spatial learning and memory function-related gene expression in the hippocampus of mouse exposed to nanoparticle-rich diesel exhaust

(2008) Tin-Tin Win-Shwe et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Neurobehavioral effects of ambient air pollution on cognitive performance in US adults

(2008) Jiu-Chiuan Chen et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Effects of prenatal exposure to diesel exhaust particles on postnatal development, behavior, genotoxicity and inflammation in mice

(2008) Karin S Hougaard et al.   Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Long-term Air Pollution Exposure Is Associated with Neuroinflammation, an Altered Innate Immune Response, Disruption of the Blood-Brain Barrier, Ultrafine Particulate Deposition, and Accumulation of Amyloid β-42 and α-Synuclein in Children and Young Adults

(2008) Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.   TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY

Inhaled ultrafine particulate matter affects CNS inflammatory processes and may act via MAP kinase signaling pathways

(2008) M.T. Kleinman et al.   TOXICOLOGY LETTERS

How environmental and genetic factors combine to cause autism: A redox/methylation hypothesis

(2007) Richard Deth et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY