USC Herting NeuroImaging Lab
@hertinglab.bsky.social
Pediatric Neuroimaging Lab in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Neuroimaging | Brain development | Sex differences | Air pollution | USC
Neuroimaging | Brain development | Sex differences | Air pollution | USC
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We’re now learning that air pollution sneaks in to shape developing brain in children and adolescents. Our latest @hertinglab.bsky.social study looked at brain MRIs from 10,095 children and found that exposure to specific sources of PM2.5 is related to differences in gray matter morphology… (1/2)
Sources and components of fine air pollution exposure and brain morphology in preadolescents
Air pollution is an emerging novel neurotoxicant during childhood and adolescence. However, little is known regarding how fine particulate matter (PM2…
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April 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We’re now learning that air pollution sneaks in to shape developing brain in children and adolescents. Our latest @hertinglab.bsky.social study looked at brain MRIs from 10,095 children and found that exposure to specific sources of PM2.5 is related to differences in gray matter morphology… (1/2)
Reposted by USC Herting NeuroImaging Lab
The @hertinglab.bsky.social is on a roll, friends. New from Nate Overholtzer: age, sex, and BMI differences in amygdala and its subregions.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40139048/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40139048/
April 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The @hertinglab.bsky.social is on a roll, friends. New from Nate Overholtzer: age, sex, and BMI differences in amygdala and its subregions.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40139048/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40139048/
Reposted by USC Herting NeuroImaging Lab
New review from Jess Morrel & the @hertinglab.bsky.social exploring links between air pollution and the developing brain.
tl;dr: this literature is growing, but there are still gaps in time (sensitive exposure windows, timing of exposure -> brain changes) and space (most data from US/Europe)
tl;dr: this literature is growing, but there are still gaps in time (sensitive exposure windows, timing of exposure -> brain changes) and space (most data from US/Europe)
A systematic review of air pollution exposure and brain structure and function during development
Air pollutants are known neurotoxicants. In this updated systematic review, we evaluate new evidence since our 2019 systematic review on the effect of…
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April 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New review from Jess Morrel & the @hertinglab.bsky.social exploring links between air pollution and the developing brain.
tl;dr: this literature is growing, but there are still gaps in time (sensitive exposure windows, timing of exposure -> brain changes) and space (most data from US/Europe)
tl;dr: this literature is growing, but there are still gaps in time (sensitive exposure windows, timing of exposure -> brain changes) and space (most data from US/Europe)
New paper alert! The amygdala is key to emotional, social & appetitive behavior— but how do its subregions develop in preadolescence? In ~4,000 youth, we found:
🧠 Age → near-global amygdala expansion
🧬 Sex differences in apportionment
⚖️ Higher BMIz → smaller basolateral subregions
🧠 Age → near-global amygdala expansion
🧬 Sex differences in apportionment
⚖️ Higher BMIz → smaller basolateral subregions
April 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New paper alert! The amygdala is key to emotional, social & appetitive behavior— but how do its subregions develop in preadolescence? In ~4,000 youth, we found:
🧠 Age → near-global amygdala expansion
🧬 Sex differences in apportionment
⚖️ Higher BMIz → smaller basolateral subregions
🧠 Age → near-global amygdala expansion
🧬 Sex differences in apportionment
⚖️ Higher BMIz → smaller basolateral subregions