How PCBs promote dendrite growth, may increase autism risk
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 21:30
in Biology & Nature
PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, launch a cellular chain of events that leads to an overabundance of dendrites -- the filament-like projections that conduct electrochemical signals between neurons -- and disrupts normal patterns of neuronal connections in the brain, new research shows.
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