Anna Parenteau

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Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Center on Early Childhood early caregiving interactions | dyadic processes | environmental stress annaparenteau.com

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Box 1. Preliminary Conclusions from This Systematic Review. •Air pollution exposure is associated with a range of structural brain alterations in children, including alterations in cortical thickness and surface area, white matter volume, and subcortical volume. •Associations between pollution exposure and structural MRI measures are specific to the region examined, the type of pollutant, and the timing of exposure. •DTI and functional connectivity findings are mixed, and more research is needed. •Air pollution exposure is associated with alterations in brain metabolites, although no consistent associations with certain metabolites have been detected. •Large studies have linked air pollution exposure to childhood CNS tumor incidence. •Autopsy studies indicate structural and vascular damage from air pollution exposure. •Early development (e.g., prenatal period, early childhood) appears to be a vulnerable window of exposure. •The pollutants of most concern seem to be PM2
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