Introduction to the session “Children’s toxicology with respect to brain function”

Abstract

There is a recent increase in autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental cases as can be seen in some government reports (https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20200317-mxt_tokubetu01-000005538-02.pdf). Such rapid increase should be attributed to environmental or epigenetic factors. This session welcomes basic, clinical and toxicological scientists to discuss the developmental mechanisms, clinical causal relationships, and toxicological mechanistic researches.