Organic ultraviolet filters (OUVFs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are two important new pollutants that coexist widely in freshwater coastal habitats. Both OUVFs MPs can be taken up by aquatic organisms may toxic or co-toxic. In this study, the neurotoxicity interaction of typical butyl methoxydibenzoyl methane (BM-DBM) polystyrene (PS-NPs) on zebrafish at environmental concentrations were comprehensi...

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are long-lived toxic organic compounds and are of major concern for human and ecosystem health. Although the use of most POPs is banned in most countries, some organochlorine pesticides are still being used in several parts of the world. Although environmental levels of some POPs such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have declined, newly emerging POPs suc...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent and bioaccumulative environmental pollutants. Recently, it is suggested that neurotoxic effects such as motor dysfunction and impairment in memory and learning have been associated with PCB exposure. However, structure relationship of PCB congeners with neurotoxic effects remains unknown. Since PKC signaling pathway is implicated in the modulation...

These studies assessed the neurotoxic potential of N-methyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-aminopropane (para-methoxymethamphetamine; PMMA), an amphetamine analog that has surfaced in the illicit drug market. Repeated subcutaneous injections of PMMA caused lasting, dose-related reductions in regional brain concentrations of serotonin (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), and in the density of ...

All previous reports describing alterations in emotional reactivity after amygdala damage in monkeys were based on aspiration or radiofrequency lesions which likely disrupted fibres of passage coursing to and from adjacent ventral and medial temporal cortical areas. To determine whether this associated indirect damage was responsible for some or all of the changes described earlier, we compared...

BACKGROUND Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and metals (lead and cadmium) are neurotoxic and affect neurobehavioral performance. Yet little is known about the association between exposure to multiple neurotoxic compounds and cognitive functioning in older adults. METHODS Using data from two consecutive cycles of the National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey (1999-2002), path analys...

Our previous investigations on an animal model of neurotoxicity show that increased power in the delta range is connected with the neurotoxic effect of aluminum exposure. In this study we used several aluminum-treated animals as a reliable model for the evaluation of the neurotoxic effects of aluminum on neurons, and compared it with a control group. We conclude that spectral analysis and the r...

1. The delayed neurotoxic effects of some organophosphorus compounds are associated with phosphorylation of the active site of a nervous-tissue enzyme capable of hydrolysing phenyl phenylacetate. 2. Neurotoxic organophosphorus compounds and some carbamates and sulphonyl fluorides progressively inhibit the enzyme, attaching a substituent covalently at the active site. 3. Prolonged inhibition of ...

Previous studies in our laboratory have demonstrated that focal injections of picolinic acid (PIC) protect the cholinergic neurons of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis (nbm) against quinolinic acid (QUIN)-induced neurotoxicity. The present study was designed to examine the effects of chronic infusions of QUIN and PIC on nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADPH) diaphorase containing neurons o...

Synucleinopathies are a collection of neurological diseases that are characterized by deposition of α-synuclein aggregates in neurons and glia. These diseases include Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies, and multiple system atrophy. Although it has been increasingly clear that α-synuclein is implicated in the pathogenesis of PD and other synucleinopathies, the precise mechanism ...