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55th Annual ESPE

Paris, France
10 Sep 2016 - 12 Sep 2016

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Plenary Lectures

Environmental chemicals, brain development and human intelligence

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Environmental Chemicals, Thyroid Hormone and Human Intelligence

Demeneix Barbara

Thyroid hormone is the only hormone for which all babies are screened at birth. This is because it has been known for decades that the consequences of thyroid hormone insufficiency during postnatal development, cretinism, are severe and irreversible. However, the last 15 years have witnessed major, and unexpected, insights how thyroid hormone acts during prenatal brain development across vertebrates. For instance, even mild maternal hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism during ear...