{"id":981,"date":"2022-09-26T19:21:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T19:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/sites\/sepulveda\/?page_id=981"},"modified":"2023-10-16T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:34:30","slug":"neurotoxicity-of-pfas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/sites\/sepulveda\/neurotoxicity-of-pfas\/","title":{"rendered":"PFAS and Neurotoxicity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neurotoxicity of PFAS<\/h3>\t\t\t

Principal Investigator(s): <\/strong>Dr. Jason Cannon
\nCo-Principal Investigator Dr. Marisol Sep\u00falveda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

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\"Neuromelanin<\/div><\/div>
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Photo shows neuromelanin (purple dots) on brain.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Researchers<\/h3>\n

\"Dr.<\/p>\n

Jason Cannon, Professor of Toxicology
\nPurdue School of Health Sciences<\/p>\n

\"Dr.<\/p>\n

Marisol Sep\u00falveda, Professor and Associate Head of Research
\nPurdue Forestry & Natural Resources<\/p>\n

\"Tyler<\/p>\n

Tyler Hoskins, Research Assistant Faculty
\nPurdue FNR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\"JosephineJosephine Brown, PhD student
\nPurdue School of Health Sciences<\/p>\n

\"Meredith<\/p>\n

Meredith Scherer, MS
\nPurdue FNR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Research Objectives<\/h3>\n

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals that were widely used in manufacturing and are now present in the environment throughout the world. It is known that various PFAS are quantifiable in human in blood, but potential adverse health outcomes remain unclear. Sentinel and non-traditional model species are useful to study potential toxicity of PFAS in order to understand the relationship between environmental and human health.<\/p>\n