The impact of early life exposure to air pollution on the brain : a diffusion MRI study in 10-13-year-old children with and without ADHD diagnosis

2025
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dc.abstract.enRecent studies indicate that air pollutants not only increase the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases but also have a negative impact on the developing brain. Exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) may lead to disruption of neural development by interfering with critical maturation processes. In this study, we assessed the impact of prenatal and early life PM10 and NO2 exposure on diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (dMRI) structural measures: fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), and fixel-based analysis (FBA) on a population of 425 10- to 13-year-old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, n = 116), a sensitive, at-risk population, and typically developing children (TD, n = 309) from the NeuroSmog study. Unlike traditional voxel-based methods, FBA allows identification of distinct fiber bundles within voxels. We show that early life exposure to NO2 was associated with lower global FA and higher MD measures. However, despite having a large sample size and using state-of-the-art techniques, we found no significant fixel-level associations. Notably, we found no evidence that individuals with ADHD are more susceptible to the effects of air pollution. Combined with other studies, our results suggest that dMRI measures are the brain outcomes most consistently affected by air pollution.
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationPion Prorektora ds. nauki : Centrum Badań Mózgu
dc.affiliationWydział Zarządzania i Komunikacji Społecznej : Instytut Psychologii Stosowanej
dc.contributor.authorLewandowska, Paulina - 456706
dc.contributor.authorBajada, Claude J.
dc.contributor.authorMysak, Yarema - 407871
dc.contributor.authorDomagalik-Pittner, Aleksandra - 135778
dc.contributor.authorKossowski, Bartosz
dc.contributor.authorBaumbach, Clemens - 456864
dc.contributor.authorKaczmarek‐Majer, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorDegórska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorSkotak, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.authorSitnik-Warchulska, Katarzyna - 381511
dc.contributor.authorLipowska, Małgorzata - 426919
dc.contributor.authorIzydorczyk, Bernadetta - 365550
dc.contributor.authorGrellier, James - 442536
dc.contributor.authorMarkevych, Iana - 423962
dc.contributor.authorSzwed, Marcin - 213989
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-10T08:26:31Z
dc.date.available2025-10-10T08:26:31Z
dc.date.createdat2025-10-09T15:16:53Zen
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.openaccess0
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dc.description.number14
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume46
dc.identifier.articleide70306
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/hbm.70306
dc.identifier.eissn1097-0193
dc.identifier.issn1065-9471
dc.identifier.projectU1U/P07/NS/21.99
dc.identifier.projectDRC AI
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/562448
dc.languageeng
dc.language.containereng
dc.rightsUdzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.enadolescence
dc.subject.enair pollution
dc.subject.enchildhood
dc.subject.endevelopmental neuroscience
dc.subject.enDTI
dc.subject.enDWI
dc.subject.enenvironmental neuroscience
dc.subject.enfixel-based analysis
dc.subject.enneurodevelopment
dc.subject.enwhite matter
dc.subtypeArticle
dc.titleThe impact of early life exposure to air pollution on the brain : a diffusion MRI study in 10-13-year-old children with and without ADHD diagnosis
dc.title.journalHuman Brain Mapping
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dc.abstract.en
Recent studies indicate that air pollutants not only increase the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases but also have a negative impact on the developing brain. Exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) may lead to disruption of neural development by interfering with critical maturation processes. In this study, we assessed the impact of prenatal and early life PM10 and NO2 exposure on diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (dMRI) structural measures: fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), and fixel-based analysis (FBA) on a population of 425 10- to 13-year-old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, n = 116), a sensitive, at-risk population, and typically developing children (TD, n = 309) from the NeuroSmog study. Unlike traditional voxel-based methods, FBA allows identification of distinct fiber bundles within voxels. We show that early life exposure to NO2 was associated with lower global FA and higher MD measures. However, despite having a large sample size and using state-of-the-art techniques, we found no significant fixel-level associations. Notably, we found no evidence that individuals with ADHD are more susceptible to the effects of air pollution. Combined with other studies, our results suggest that dMRI measures are the brain outcomes most consistently affected by air pollution.
dc.affiliation
Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
dc.affiliation
Pion Prorektora ds. nauki : Centrum Badań Mózgu
dc.affiliation
Wydział Zarządzania i Komunikacji Społecznej : Instytut Psychologii Stosowanej
dc.contributor.author
Lewandowska, Paulina - 456706
dc.contributor.author
Bajada, Claude J.
dc.contributor.author
Mysak, Yarema - 407871
dc.contributor.author
Domagalik-Pittner, Aleksandra - 135778
dc.contributor.author
Kossowski, Bartosz
dc.contributor.author
Baumbach, Clemens - 456864
dc.contributor.author
Kaczmarek‐Majer, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.author
Degórska, Anna
dc.contributor.author
Skotak, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.author
Sitnik-Warchulska, Katarzyna - 381511
dc.contributor.author
Lipowska, Małgorzata - 426919
dc.contributor.author
Izydorczyk, Bernadetta - 365550
dc.contributor.author
Grellier, James - 442536
dc.contributor.author
Markevych, Iana - 423962
dc.contributor.author
Szwed, Marcin - 213989
dc.date.accessioned
2025-10-10T08:26:31Z
dc.date.available
2025-10-10T08:26:31Z
dc.date.createdaten
2025-10-09T15:16:53Z
dc.date.issued
2025
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.number
14
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume
46
dc.identifier.articleid
e70306
dc.identifier.doi
10.1002/hbm.70306
dc.identifier.eissn
1097-0193
dc.identifier.issn
1065-9471
dc.identifier.project
U1U/P07/NS/21.99
dc.identifier.project
DRC AI
dc.identifier.uri
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/562448
dc.language
eng
dc.language.container
eng
dc.rights
Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne 4.0 Międzynarodowa
dc.rights.licence
CC-BY-NC
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.type
otwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.en
adolescence
dc.subject.en
air pollution
dc.subject.en
childhood
dc.subject.en
developmental neuroscience
dc.subject.en
DTI
dc.subject.en
DWI
dc.subject.en
environmental neuroscience
dc.subject.en
fixel-based analysis
dc.subject.en
neurodevelopment
dc.subject.en
white matter
dc.subtype
Article
dc.title
The impact of early life exposure to air pollution on the brain : a diffusion MRI study in 10-13-year-old children with and without ADHD diagnosis
dc.title.journal
Human Brain Mapping
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JournalArticle
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