Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of flame retardants used in a variety of
consumer products. In the past 25 years, PBDEs have become ubiquitous environmental …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), extensively used in the past few decades as flame
retardants in a variety of consumer products, have become world-wide persistent …

High Risk Pregnancy examines the full range of challenges in general obstetrics, medical
complications of pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, fetal disease, and management of labor …

This article reviews the thyroid system, mainly from a mammalian standpoint. However, the
thyroid system is highly conserved among vertebrate species, so the general information on …

Through its actions on regulatory genes that form, grow and sculpt the brain, thyroid
hormone (TH) is essential for human brain development. Although much of what we know …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are an important class of flame retardants, widely
used in a variety of consumer products. In the past several years, PBDEs have become …

Thyroid hormones (TH) are critical for growth and development and particularly brain
development. There are numerous environmental agents that lead to marginal reductions of …

Thyroid hormone (TH) is essential for normal brain development, but the specific actions of
TH differ across developmental time and brain region. These actions of TH are mediated …

Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants have become ubiquitous
environmental pollutants. The relatively higher body burden in toddlers and children has …

The developing central nervous system is often more vulnerable to injury than the adult one.
Of the almost 200 chemicals known to be neurotoxic, many are developmental …