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Melissa Chernick

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Pharmacology & ToxicologybioRxivPreprintAug 21, 2026

Evidence from three taxonomically distinct species for a non-AhR mechanism of developmental neurotoxicity of an environmentally derived mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Samantha Phelps, Melissa Chernick, Javier Huayta…·Nishad Jayasundara

This study investigates the neurotoxic effects of a PAH mixture across three species, finding neurotoxicity occurs through a non-AhR mechanism.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.12.743995

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