Tuesday, May 15, 2012

PCBs Shown To Promote Dendrite Growth, May Increase Autism Risk

Autism News From Medical News Today
New research from UC Davis and Washington State University shows that 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...
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