In utero air pollution exposure and pre- and postnatal brain development: a review.

Vera Goossens, Nora L Großmann, Ulrike Gehring, Mireille N Bekker, Hilleke E Hulshoff Pol, Sonja M C de Zwarte

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Vera GoossensDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Nora L GroßmannDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Ulrike GehringInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Mireille N BekkerDepartment of Obstetrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Hilleke E Hulshoff PolDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Sonja M C de ZwarteDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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Abstract

Air pollution is a major threat to public health globally and may also adversely influence brain development. Key neurodevelopmental processes unfold within narrow and sensitive windows during fetal life and continue through childhood and adolescence, leaving the brain particularly vulnerable to environmental influences. Prenatal air pollution exposure could possibly disrupt fetal neurodevelopmental processes via direct placental crossing of pollutants or through maternal inflammatory processes. This literature review evaluates evidence from ultrasound and MRI studies examining associations of

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Air pollutionBrain developmentFetal ultrasoundMRIPrenatal exposure

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PMID42494991

DOI10.1016/j.nsa.2026.107019

PMCPMC13393808

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