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ArticleScience advances2026

Fetal and postnatal metal metabolism-related changes in brain function are associated with childhood behavioral deficits.

Elza Rechtman, Avraham Reichenberg, Azzurra Invernizzi, Lazar Fleysher, Vida Rebello, Kristie Oluyemi, Michelle A Rodriguez, Anna Sather, Libni A Torres-Olascoaga, Luis F Bautista-Arredondo and 7 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Elza RechtmanDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5034-6048
Avraham ReichenbergDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Azzurra InvernizziDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7411-8552
Lazar FleysherBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Vida RebelloDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Kristie OluyemiDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Michelle A RodriguezDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Anna SatherDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Libni A Torres-OlascoagaCenter for Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-9231-9937
Luis F Bautista-ArredondoCenter for Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Sandra Martínez-MedinaNational Institute of Perinatology, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-9829-4881
Rafael Lara-EstradaNational Research Center in Imaging and Medical Instrumentation, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-9299-9090
Chris GenningsDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6058-5907
Martha M Téllez-RojoCenter for Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-3322-3334
Robert O WrightDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1180-6459
Manish AroraDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3350-4657
Megan K HortonDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Conduits: Mount Sinai Health System Translational Science HubUL1TR004419 · NCATS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Rosalind J Wright · 2022 to 2026
$46.4M
Untargeted Analysis ResourceU2CES026561 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI WRIGHT, ROBERT O · 2015 to 2025
$24.5M
The Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center on Early Environmental ExposuresP30ES023515 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Robert O Wright · 2014 to 2026
$21.3M
Untargeted Analysis ResourceU2CES030859 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI ARORA, MANISH · 2019 to 2025
$8.2M
Early Warning Systems for Childhood and Adult DisordersR35ES030435 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Manish Arora · 2020 to 2026
$6.7M
Organic-metal mixtures and neurodevelopmentR01ES026033 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Manish Arora, Robert O Wright · 2016 to 2026
$6.1M
Longitudinal study of metal mixtures and the developmental origins of adolescent risk-takingR01ES028927 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Megan K Horton · 2018 to 2026
$5.3M
Air Pollution, Multidimensional Behavior, and Neuroimaging in Children with Neurodevelopmental DisordersR00ES035120 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Elza Rechtman · 2025 to 2026
$498k
Air Pollution, Multidimensional Behavior, and Neuroimaging in Children with Neurodevelopmental DisordersK99ES035120 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI RECHTMAN, ELZA · 2023 to 2024
$192k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR004419NIEHS NIH HHS K99 ES035120NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES023515NIEHS NIH HHS R00 ES035120NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES026033NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES028927NIEHS NIH HHS R35 ES030435NIEHS NIH HHS U2C ES026561NIEHS NIH HHS U2C ES030859
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to neurotoxic metals early in life can disrupt brain development and increase risk of later mental health problems, but vulnerable periods and underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We examined how early life exposures to mixtures of metals affect children's brain and behavior using naturally shed "baby" teeth as a biomarker of direct exposure. We studied 489 children aged 8 to 14 years and reconstructed weekly concentrations of nine metals from 20 weeks before birth to 40 weeks after birth. We assessed behavior using standardized questionnaires and measured brain structure and function with magnetic resonance imaging. Using lagged weighted quantile sum regression, we identified sensitive developmental windows during which higher exposure to metal mixtures was linked to more behavioral problems, smaller brain volume, reduced brain global efficiency, and weaker white matter integrity. Findings suggest that the developing brain is especially vulnerable to metals in early life, with lasting effects into adolescence.

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BrainChild Behavior DisordersMetalsAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePregnancyMetals

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PMID42030382
PMCPMC13108532

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