Persistent DNA methylation changes associated with prenatal mercury exposure and cognitive performance during childhood

Persistent DNA methylation changes associated with prenatal mercury exposure and cognitive performance during childhood

Abstract Prenatal exposure to mercury, a known neurotoxic metal, is associated with lower cognitive performance during childhood. Disruption of fetal epigenetic programming could explain mercury’s neurodevelopmental effects. We screened for epigenome-wide methylation differences associated with mate...

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Main Authors: Andres Cardenas, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Golareh Agha, Marie-France Hivert, Augusto A. Litonjua, Dawn L. DeMeo, Xihong Lin, Chitra J. Amarasiriwardena, Emily Oken, Matthew W. Gillman, Andrea A. Baccarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00384-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00384-5

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