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References: Impacts of Air Pollution on Brain Health

Children

Brockmeyer, S., & D'Angiulli, A. (2016). How air pollution alters brain development: the role of neuroinflammation. Transl Neurosci, 7(1), 24-30. doi:10.1515/tnsci-2016-0005

Cserbik, D., Chen, J. C., McConnell, R., Berhane, K., Sowell, E. R., Schwartz, J., . . . Herting, M. M. (2020). Fine particulate matter exposure during childhood relates to hemispheric-specific differences in brain structure. Environ Int, 143, 105933. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105933

Guxens, M., Lubczyńska, M. J., Muetzel, R. L., Dalmau-Bueno, A., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Hoek, G., . . . El Marroun, H. (2018). Air Pollution Exposure During Fetal Life, Brain Morphology, and Cognitive Function in School-Age Children. Biol Psychiatry, 84(4), 295-303. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.01.016

Herting, M. M., Younan, D., Campbell, C. E., & Chen, J. C. (2019). Outdoor Air Pollution and Brain Structure and Function From Across Childhood to Young Adulthood: A Methodological Review of Brain MRI Studies. Front Public Health, 7, 332. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2019.00332

Mortamais, M., Pujol, J., Martínez-Vilavella, G., Fenoll, R., Reynes, C., Sabatier, R., . . . Sunyer, J. (2019). Effects of prenatal exposure to particulate matter air pollution on corpus callosum and behavioral problems in children. Environ Res, 178, 108734. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.108734

Newman, N. C., Ryan, P., Lemasters, G., Levin, L., Bernstein, D., Hershey, G. K., . . . Dietrich, K. N. (2013). Traffic-related air pollution exposure in the first year of life and behavioral scores at 7 years of age. Environ Health Perspect, 121(6), 731-736. doi:10.1289/ehp.1205555

Volk, H. E., Perera, F., Braun, J. M., Kingsley, S. L., Gray, K., Buckley, J., . . . Wright, R. (2020). Prenatal air pollution exposure and neurodevelopment: A review and blueprint for a harmonized approach within ECHO. Environ Res, 110320. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.110320

Younan, D., Tuvblad, C., Li, L., Wu, J., Lurmann, F., Franklin, M., . . . Chen, J. C. (2016). Environmental Determinants of Aggression in Adolescents: Role of Urban Neighborhood Greenspace. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 55(7), 591-601. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2019.00332

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Adults

Calderón-Garcidueñas, L., Reed, W., Maronpot, R. R., Henríquez-Roldán, C., Delgado-Chavez, R., Calderón-Garcidueñas, A., . . . Swenberg, J. A. (2004). Brain inflammation and Alzheimer's-like pathology in individuals exposed to severe air pollution. Toxicol Pathol, 32(6), 650-658. doi:10.1080/01926230490520232

Calderón-Garcidueñas, L., Torres-Jardón, R., Kulesza, R. J., Park, S. B., & D'Angiulli, A. (2014). Air pollution and detrimental effects on children's brain. The need for a multidisciplinary approach to the issue complexity and challenges. Front Hum Neurosci, 8, 613. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00613

Chen, J. C., Wang, X., Wellenius, G. A., Serre, M. L., Driscoll, I., Casanova, R., . . . Espeland, M. A. (2015). Ambient air pollution and neurotoxicity on brain structure: Evidence from women's health initiative memory study. Ann Neurol, 78(3), 466-476. doi:10.1002/ana.24460

Han, C., Lu, Y., Cheng, H., Wang, C., & Chan, P. (2020). The impact of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and second-hand smoke on the onset of Parkinson disease: a review and meta-analysis. Public health, 179, 100–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2019.09.020

Kulick, E. R., Elkind, M., Boehme, A. K., Joyce, N. R., Schupf, N., Kaufman, J. D., Mayeux, R., Manly, J. J., & Wellenius, G. A. (2020). Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution, APOE-ε4 status, and cognitive decline in a cohort of older adults in northern Manhattan. Environment international, 136, 105440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105440

Liu, Q., Wang, W., Gu, X., Deng, F., Wang, X., Lin, H., Guo, X., & Wu, S. (2021). Association between particulate matter air pollution and risk of depression and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental science and pollution research international, 28(8), 9029–9049. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12357-3

Wilker, E. H., Preis, S. R., Beiser, A. S., Wolf, P. A., Au, R., Kloog, I., . . . Mittleman, M. A. (2015). Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter, residential proximity to major roads and measures of brain structure. Stroke, 46(5), 1161-1166. doi:10.1161/strokeaha.114.008348

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Neuroinflammation & Air pollution

Gómez-Budia, M., Konttinen, H., Saveleva, L., Korhonen, P., Jalava, P. I., Kanninen, K. M., & Malm, T. (2020). Glial smog: Interplay between air pollution and astrocyte-microglia interactions. Neurochem Int, 136, 104715. doi:10.1016/j.neuint.2020.104715

Hahad O, Lelieveld J, Birklein F, Lieb K, Daiber A, Münzel T. (2020). Ambient Air Pollution Increases the Risk of Cerebrovascular and Neuropsychiatric Disorders through Induction of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress. Int J Mol Sci. Jun 17;21(12):4306. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124306.

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Uncategorized:

Gómez-Budia, M., Konttinen, H., Saveleva, L., Korhonen, P., Jalava, P. I., Kanninen, K. M., . . . Chen, J. C. (2020). Glial smog: Interplay between air pollution and astrocyte-microglia interactions PM(2.5) associated with gray matter atrophy reflecting increased Alzheimers risk in older women. Neurochem Int, 136(8), 104715. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.105440

Petkus, A. J., Younan, D., Wang, X., Beavers, D. P., Espeland, M. A., Gatz, M., . . . Chen, J. C. (2021). Air Pollution and the Dynamic Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Memory in Oldest-Old Women Outdoor Air Pollution and Brain Structure and Function From Across Childhood to Young Adulthood: A Methodological Review of Brain MRI Studies. J Am Geriatr Soc, 69(2), 474-484. doi:10.1212/wnl.0000000000011149

Young, T. L., Zychowski, K. E., Denson, J. L., & Campen, M. J. (2019). Chapter Ten - Blood-brain barrier at the interface of air pollution-associated neurotoxicity and neuroinflammation. In M. Aschner & L. G. Costa (Eds.), Advances in Neurotoxicology (Vol. 3, pp. 295-337): Academic Press.

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