According to a study, children coming into exposure to high levels of high levels of high levels of air pollution in beginners and middle-children may have weak relations between brain areas that can highly affect their thinking and control ability.
The conclusions published in the environment international, highlight the potential impact of early contact of air pollution on brain development.
Research led by Barcelona Institute for Global Health in Spain reduced functional connectivity within some cortical and subcutical brain networks in children with increased risk for air pollution.
These networks are systems of interconnected brain structures that work together to perform various cognitive functions, such as thinking, considering and controlling the movement, the team said.
“These unions remain in full adolescence, which can indicate frequent disruptions in the normal development of the brain network due to exposure to pollution. It can affect emotional processing and cognitive functions,” said a researcher of Monica Guxesns, ICREA.
The study analyzed the data of 3,626 children, which are exposed to air pollution at the habitats of participants, including Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and nitrogen oxide (NOX).
The results suggest that the greater risk for air pollution from birth to three years, is associated with low connectivity between the cortical networks involved in emigadala and meditation, somatomotor function – which coordinates body movements – and hearing function.
Additionally, high risk for PM10 particles in the year before neuroimming assessment was associated with low functional connectivity between salty and average parietal network-responsible for the detection and introspection and self-concept of stimuli in the environment.
“However, more research is required to confirm these findings and understand their accurate impact on brain development,” Guxesns said.
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