Search Results - "Horton, Megan. K."

Vital signs assessed in initial clinical encounters predict COVID-19 mortality in an NYC hospital system by Rechtman, Elza, Curtin, Paul, Navarro, Esmeralda, Nirenberg, Sharon, Horton, Megan K.

“…Timely and effective clinical decision-making for COVID-19 requires rapid identification of risk factors for disease outcomes. Our objective was to identify…”
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Brain anomalies in children exposed prenatally to a common organophosphate pesticide by Rauh, Virginia A, Perera, Frederica P, Horton, Megan K, Whyatt, Robin M, Bansal, Ravi, Hao, Xuejun, Liu, Jun, Barr, Dana Boyd, Slotkin, Theodore A, Peterson, Bradley S

“…Prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos (CPF), an organophosphate insecticide, is associated with neurobehavioral deficits in humans and animal models. We…”
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Dentine biomarkers of prenatal and early childhood exposure to manganese, zinc and lead and childhood behavior by Horton, Megan K., Hsu, Leon, Claus Henn, Birgit, Margolis, Amy, Austin, Christine, Svensson, Katherine, Schnaas, Lourdes, Gennings, Chris, Hu, Howard, Wright, Robert, Rojo, Martha María Téllez, Arora, Manish

“…Metal exposure alters neurodevelopmental outcomes; little is known about critical windows of susceptibility when exposure exerts the strongest effect. To…”
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Integrated measures of lead and manganese exposure improve estimation of their joint effects on cognition in Italian school-age children by Levin-Schwartz, Yuri, Claus Henn, Birgit, Gennings, Chris, Coull, Brent A., Placidi, Donatella, Horton, Megan K., Smith, Donald R., Lucchini, Roberto G., Wright, Robert O.

“…•Joint effects of metals are strongly affected by medium used to measure exposure.•Combined exposure measures (MMBs) improve detection of joint effects of…”
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Biospecimens and the ABCD study: Rationale, methods of collection, measurement and early data by Uban, Kristina A., Horton, Megan K., Jacobus, Joanna, Heyser, Charles, Thompson, Wesley K., Tapert, Susan F., Madden, Pamela A.F., Sowell, Elizabeth R.

“…Biospecimen collection in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study – of hair samples, shed deciduous (baby) teeth, and body fluids – will serve…”
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Prenatal exposure to the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos and childhood tremor by Rauh, Virginia A., Garcia, Wanda E., Whyatt, Robin M., Horton, Megan K., Barr, Dana B., Louis, Elan D.

“…•Prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure is associated with tremor in middle childhood, which may be a sign of the insecticide's effects on nervous system…”
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Early-life dentine manganese concentrations and intrinsic functional brain connectivity in adolescents: A pilot study by de Water, Erik, Papazaharias, Demetrios M, Ambrosi, Claudia, Mascaro, Lorella, Iannilli, Emilia, Gasparotti, Roberto, Lucchini, Roberto G, Austin, Christine, Arora, Manish, Tang, Cheuk Y, Smith, Donald R, Wright, Robert O, Horton, Megan K

“…Maturational processes in the developing brain are disrupted by exposure to environmental toxicants, setting the stage for deviant developmental trajectories…”
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Prenatal metal mixture concentrations and reward motivation in children by de Water, Erik, Curtin, Paul, Gennings, Chris, Chelonis, John J., Paule, Merle, Bixby, Moira, McRae, Nia, Svensson, Katherine, Schnaas, Lourdes, Pantic, Ivan, Téllez-Rojo, Martha M., Wright, Robert O., Horton, Megan. K.

“…•We examined prenatal metal mixture concentrations and reward motivation in children.•Metal mixture concentrations were associated with increased reward…”
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Impact of prenatal exposure to piperonyl butoxide and permethrin on 36-month neurodevelopment by Horton, Megan K, Rundle, Andrew, Camann, David E, Boyd Barr, Dana, Rauh, Virginia A, Whyatt, Robin M

“…Recent pesticide-monitoring results suggest that a shift in residential pesticide exposure from organophosphorus insecticides to pyrethroid insecticides has…”
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Functional connectivity of the reading network is associated with prenatal polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations in a community sample of 5 year-old children: A preliminary study by Margolis, Amy E., Banker, Sarah, Pagliaccio, David, De Water, Erik, Curtin, Paul, Bonilla, Anny, Herbstman, Julie B., Whyatt, Robin, Bansal, Ravi, Sjödin, Andreas, Milham, Michael P., Peterson, Bradley S., Factor-Litvak, Pam, Horton, Megan K.

“…•Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE), used as flame retardants, cross the placenta.•PBDE exposure predicts reduced efficiency of the brain’s reading…”
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Topological network properties of resting-state functional connectivity patterns are associated with metal mixture exposure in adolescents by Invernizzi, Azzurra, Rechtman, Elza, Oluyemi, Kristie, Renzetti, Stefano, Curtin, Paul, Colicino, Elena, Ambrosi, Claudia, Mascaro, Lorella, Patrono, Alessandra, Corbo, Daniele, Cagna, Giuseppa, Gasparotti, Roberto, Reichenberg, Abraham, Tang, Cheuk Y, Smith, Donald R, Placidi, Donatella, Lucchini, Roberto G, Wright, Robert O, Horton, Megan K

“…Adolescent exposure to neurotoxic metals adversely impacts cognitive, motor, and behavioral development. Few studies have addressed the underlying brain…”
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COVID-19 related cognitive, structural and functional brain changes among Italian adolescents and young adults: a multimodal longitudinal case-control study by Invernizzi, Azzurra, Renzetti, Stefano, van Thriel, Christoph, Rechtman, Elza, Patrono, Alessandra, Ambrosi, Claudia, Mascaro, Lorella, Corbo, Daniele, Cagna, Giuseppa, Gasparotti, Roberto, Reichenberg, Abraham, Tang, Cheuk Y., Lucchini, Roberto G., Wright, Robert O., Placidi, Donatella, Horton, Megan K.

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with brain functional, structural, and cognitive changes that persist months after infection. Most…”
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Neuro-environmental interactions: a time sensitive matter by Invernizzi, Azzurra, Renzetti, Stefano, Rechtman, Elza, Ambrosi, Claudia, Mascaro, Lorella, Corbo, Daniele, Gasparotti, Roberto, Tang, Cheuk Y, Smith, Donald R, Lucchini, Roberto G, Wright, Robert O, Placidi, Donatella, Horton, Megan K, Curtin, Paul

“…The assessment of resting state (rs) neurophysiological dynamics relies on the control of sensory, perceptual, and behavioral environments to minimize…”
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Functional changes in neural mechanisms underlying post-traumatic stress disorder in World Trade Center responders by Invernizzi, Azzurra, Rechtman, Elza, Curtin, Paul, Papazaharias, Demetrios M., Jalees, Maryam, Pellecchia, Alison C., Santiago-Michels, Stephanie, Bromet, Evelyn J., Lucchini, Roberto G., Luft, Benjamin J., Clouston, Sean A., Tang, Cheuk Y., Horton, Megan K.

“…World Trade Center (WTC) responders exposed to traumatic and environmental stressors during rescue and recovery efforts have a high prevalence of chronic…”
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Endocrine-Disrupting Effects of Cattle Feedlot Effluent on an Aquatic Sentinel Species, the Fathead Minnow by Orlando, Edward F., Kolok, Alan S., Binzcik, Gerry A., Gates, Jennifer L., Horton, Megan K., Lambright, Christy S., Gray, L. Earl, Soto, Ana M., Guillette, Louis J.

“…Over the last decade, research has examined the endocrine-disrupting action of various environmental pollutants, including hormones, pharmaceuticals, and…”
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The Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery Neuromotor Tasks: From Conventional to Image-Derived Measures by Corbo, Daniele, Placidi, Donatella, Gasparotti, Roberto, Wright, Robert, Smith, Donald R, Lucchini, Roberto G, Horton, Megan K, Colicino, Elena

“…Background: Sensorimotor difficulties significantly interfere with daily activities, and when undiagnosed in early life, they may increase the risk of later…”
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Cocaine addiction severity exacerbates the negative association of lifetime lead exposure with blood pressure levels: Evidence from a pilot study by Colicino, Elena, Hazeltine, Danielle, Schneider, Kelly, Zilverstand, Anna, Bachi, Keren, Alia-Klein, Nelly, Goldstein, Rita, Todd, Andy, Horton, Megan

“…Background: High blood pressure (BP) is associated independently with cocaine use and lead exposure. It is not known whether cocaine use and lead exposure act…”
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Extending the Distributed Lag Model framework to handle chemical mixtures by Bello, Ghalib A., Arora, Manish, Austin, Christine, Horton, Megan K., Wright, Robert O., Gennings, Chris

“…Distributed Lag Models (DLMs) are used in environmental health studies to analyze the time-delayed effect of an exposure on an outcome of interest. Given the…”
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CO-occurring exposure to perchlorate, nitrate and thiocyanate alters thyroid function in healthy pregnant women by Horton, Megan K., Blount, Benjamin C., Valentin-Blasini, Liza, Wapner, Ronald, Whyatt, Robin, Gennings, Chris, Factor-Litvak, Pam

“…Adequate maternal thyroid function during pregnancy is necessary for normal fetal brain development, making pregnancy a critical window of vulnerability to…”
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Prenatal PM2.5 exposure and behavioral development in children from Mexico City by McGuinn, Laura A., Bellinger, David C., Colicino, Elena, Coull, Brent A., Just, Allan C., Kloog, Itai, Osorio-Valencia, Erika, Schnaas, Lourdes, Wright, Rosalind J., Téllez-Rojo, Martha M, Wright, Robert O., Horton, Megan K.

“…•We investigated the association between prenatal PM2.5 and behavioral development.•Behavioral development was assessed in 4-6 year olds using the…”
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