Prenatal benzene exposure alters offspring hypothalamic development predisposing to metabolic disease in later life
Lisa Koshko, Sydney Scofield, Lucas Kniess Debarba, Lukas Stilgenbauer, Mikaela Sacla, PATRICK I. FAKHOURY, Hashan S. M. Jayarathne, J. Eduardo Pérez-Mojica, Ellen Griggs, Adelheid M. Lempradl, Marianna Sadagurski
This study shows that prenatal benzene exposure alters hypothalamic development in male offspring, leading to metabolic dysregulation and increased susceptibility to metabolic disease later in life.
bioRxiv · Jan 5, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience