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Purchase AccessTwo speakers present interrelated experimental and clinical studies. Dr. Calderon reports on the impact of air pollution and Dr. MacFabe reports on the impact of byproducts of infection and exposure to certain food preservatives. Both environmental exposures can lead to brain inflammation and altered gene expression. What does this information tell us about the brain’s vulnerability to environmental stress and injury?
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If different environmental agents can have similar impacts on the brain, then might it be possible that no one single environmental
Derrick MacFabe, M.D., Director, Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research Group, London, ON, Canada
Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Matthew Goodwin, Ph.D., MIT - The Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Martha R. Herbert, Ph.D., M.D., Assistant Professor, Neurology (Pediatric), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA