Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exert thyroid hormone-like effects in the fetal rat brain but do not bind to thyroid hormone receptors.

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants routinely found in human and animal tissues. Developmental exposure to PCBs is associated with neuropsychologic deficits, which may be related to effects on thyroid hormone (TH) signaling in the developing brain. However, PCB...

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Main Authors: Kelly J Gauger, Yoshihisa Kato, Koichi Haraguchi, Hans‐Joachim Lehmler, Larry W. Robertson, Ruby Bansal, R. Thomas Zoeller
Format: Artigo
Language:English
Published: 2003
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.6672
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/pdf/10.1289/ehp.6672
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