ArticleArchives of toxicology2020
Pre- and postnatal exposure to glyphosate-based herbicide causes behavioral and cognitive impairments in adult mice: evidence of cortical ad hippocampal dysfunction.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.
- Updated Intrinsic Role of Phytochemicals against Glyphosate-induced Neurotoxicity: Systematic Review.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Pooled it
- Toxic Effects of Glyphosate on the Nervous System: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Relationship between Prenatal or Postnatal Exposure to Pesticides and Obesity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Gut-Brain Inflammation and Disrupted Homeostasis Due to Activation of Mast Cells and Microglia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISRUPTION INDUCED BY LONG-TERM LOW-DOSE HERBICIDE EXPOSURE: BEHAVIORAL AND NEUROPATHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM A RAT MODEL.Farmacia (Bucharest, Romania) · 2026Article
- Tannic acid attenuates glyphosate-based herbicide-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity associated with motor dysfunction in mice.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Pre and postnatal exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides and potential neurodevelopmental outcomes: a systematic review of animal and epidemiological studies.Toxicological research · 2025Review
- Toxicity of glyphosate accelerates neurodegeneration inFrontiers in toxicology · 2025Article
- Neurotoxic effects associated with chronic inhalation and oral exposure to glyphosate-based herbicide IN adult rats.Toxicology research · 2024Article
- Impact of glyphosate-based herbicide exposure through maternal milk on offspring's antioxidant status, neurodevelopment, and behavior.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024Article
- Tannic acid inhibits pain mediators, inflammation and oxidative stress in mice exposed to glyphosate-based herbicide.Environmental analysis, health and toxicology · 2024Article
- Gestational glyphosate exposure and early childhood neurodevelopment in a Puerto Rico birth cohort.Environmental research · 2024Article
- Exposure to Environmental Pesticides and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Association between urinary glyphosate levels and serum neurofilament light chain in a representative sample of US adults: NHANES 2013-2014.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024Article
- Metabolomic Changes in Rat Serum after Chronic Exposure to Glyphosate-Based Herbicide.Metabolites · 2024Article
- Association between urinary glyphosate levels and hand grip strength in a representative sample of US adults: NHANES 2013-2014.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Neuroglycome alterations of hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of juvenile rats chronically exposed to glyphosate-based herbicide.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Interleukin-2 gene methylation levels and interleukin-2 levels associated with environmental exposure as risk biomarkers for preterm birth.Croatian medical journal · 2023Article
- The herbicide glyphosate inhibits hippocampal long-term potentiation and learning through activation of pro-inflammatory signaling.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Urinary Glyphosate, 2,4-D and DEET Biomarkers in Relation to Neurobehavioral Performance in Ecuadorian Adolescents in the ESPINA Cohort.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
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Abstract
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) are the most widely used pesticides worldwide. Despite considerable progress in describing the neurotoxic potential of GBH, the harmful effects on brain cytoarchitecture and behavior are still unclear. Here, we addressed the developmental impact of GBH by exposing female mice to 250 or 500 mg/kg doses of GBH during both pregnancy and lactation and then examined the downstream effects at the behavioral, neurochemical and molecular levels. We show that pre- and neonatal exposure to GBH impairs fertility and reproduction parameters as well as maternal behavior of exposed mothers. In offspring, GBH was responsible for a global delay in innate reflexes and a deficit in motor development. At the adult age, exposed animals showed a decrease of locomotor activity, sociability, learning and short- and long-term memory associated with alterations of cholinergic and dopaminergic systems. Furthermore, GBH-activated microglia and astrocytes, sign of neuroinflammation event in the medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. At the molecular level, a down-regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression and an up-regulation of tyrosine-related kinase receptor (TrkB), NR1 subunit of NMDA receptor as well as tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) were found in the brain of GBH-exposed mice. The present work demonstrates that GBH induces numerous behavioral and cognitive abnormalities closely associated with significant histological, neurochemical and molecular impairments. It also raises fundamental concerns about the ability of current safety testing to assess risks of pesticide exposure during developmental periods of central nervous system.
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