A mechanistic view of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) developmental neurotoxicity

LG Costa, R de Laat, S Tagliaferri, C Pellacani - Toxicology letters, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Developmental neurotoxicity of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants

LG Costa, G Giordano - Neurotoxicology, 2007 - Elsevier
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: neurobehavioral effects following developmental exposure

I Branchi, F Capone, E Alleva, LG Costa - Neurotoxicology, 2003 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a class of widely used flame retardants, are
becoming widespread environmental pollutants, as indicated by studies on sentinel animal …

Neurotoxicity of brominated flame retardants:(in) direct effects of parent and hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers on the (developing) nervous system

MML Dingemans, M van den Berg… - Environmental health …, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background/objective: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and their hydroxylated (OH-
) or methoxylated forms have been detected in humans. Because this raises concern about …

Human exposure to PBDE and critical evaluation of health hazards

V Linares, M Bellés, JL Domingo - Archives of toxicology, 2015 - Springer
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are used in large quantities as flame-retardant
additives in a number of commercial products. Biomonitoring data show that, in recent years …

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, a group of brominated flame retardants, can interact with polychlorinated biphenyls in enhancing developmental neurobehavioral …

P Eriksson, C Fischer, A Fredriksson - Toxicological Sciences, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The present study shows that polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) can interact and enhance developmental neurobehavioral defects when …

Overview of toxicological aspects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers: a flame-retardant additive in several consumer products

CE Talsness - Environmental research, 2008 - Elsevier
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants due to
their long half-life and widespread use as flame retardants in several consumer products …

Effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers on child cognitive, behavioral, and motor development

EA Gibson, EL Siegel, F Eniola, JB Herbstman… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) flame retardants are environmental chemicals that
cross the placenta during pregnancy and have shown evidence of neurotoxicity. As the in …

Investigations of strain and/or gender differences in developmental neurotoxic effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in mice

H Viberg, A Fredriksson, P Eriksson - Toxicological Sciences, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), one class of flame retardants used to suppress or
inhibit the risk of fire, are regularly found in the environment and in human milk. The present …

Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and child attention problems at 3–7 years

WJ Cowell, SA Lederman, A Sjödin, R Jones… - Neurotoxicology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) comprise a class of
halogenated compounds used extensively as flame retardant chemicals in consumer …