An experimental study suggests that diesel fumes might disrupt the brain's typical pattern of activity.
Even brief exposures to diesel fumes may alter the brain's function, messing with how signals zip through a major brain network, a new study suggests.
According to its authors, the study is the first to examine the brain's response to air pollution in such a controlled way. The researchers"have made a significant contribution to what we know about the impact of exposures to pollution," said Hao Yang Tan , a lead investigator at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development in Baltimore, who was not involved in the study.
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