Polychlorinated biphenyls and depression: cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation of a dopamine-related Neurochemical path in the German HELPcB surveillance program

Polychlorinated biphenyls and depression: cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation of a dopamine-related Neurochemical path in the German HELPcB surveillance program

Abstract Background Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is associated with depressive symptomatology. A cause of depressive symptoms is a disturbance in the neurotransmitter system of dopamine (DA). Animal as well as human studies report that PCBs can influence the DA system. This study exa...

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Main Authors: Petra Maria Gaum, Monika Gube, Thomas Schettgen, Franziska Maria Putschögl, Thomas Kraus, Bruno Fimm, Jessica Lang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Environmental Health
Subjects:
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Neurotoxicity
Neurotransmitter metabolites
Dopamine
Homovanillic acid
Vanillylmandelic acid
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-017-0316-3

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