Mar 12 2008
Air pollution will affect brain function
Mar 12: In a bid to study the link between pollution and its effects on the performance of brain, an expert team with the Zuyd University in Netherland has conducted a research on this topic. As part of the study they created an artificial environment that resembles the natural pollution setting. Researchers hand picked 10 persons for the research purpose and they were asked to stay in a room that is filled with polluted air released from the diesel engine.
After an hour long exposure to the polluted air the researchers found that persons showed symptoms of headache and their brain function is also get affected. The nanoparticle that is found in the polluted air is found to affect the normal functioning of brain. Brain’s ability to process information is mainly getting affected due to this. The findings of the research were made available in the magazine named Particle and Fibre Toxicology.
“The pollution level in the busy cities is obviously higher than what we had created for our research, inhaling that for a long period will sure affect the brain’s ability to process data. Further studies are needed to shed more light to the pollution linked brain problems,” said Paul Born, the lead researcher of the study.
The selected persons were connected with electroencephalograph (EEG) that helps the researchers to monitor the electrical signals of the brain during and after they being exposed to pollution. Soon after 30 minutes stress response were found on the EEG that is a clear indication of the variation in data processing in the brain cortex. As the pollution rate is on the rise day after day it will affect the brain function adversely.
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