PharmaTox
The PharmaTox Strategic Research Initiative aims to generate novel insight on effects of pharmaceuticals on human neurotoxicity and neurodevelopment.
PharmaTox was established January 1st 2015 as a prioritized research initiative supported by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
The research projects within PharmaTox involve specialists in neurotoxicology, pharmacology, teratology, statistics, bioinformatics, epigenetics and epidemiology.
News
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New article in Clinical Epigenetics! June 30, 2022 5:22 PM
PharmaTox researchers have published a new article, "Low reliability of DNA methylation across Illumina Infinium platforms in cord blood: implications for replication studies and meta-analyses of prenatal exposures", in Clinical Epigenetics. Read it here.
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New paper from PharmaTox researchers! June 26, 2022 2:23 PM
PharmaTox researchers have published a new paper in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology: "Paracetamol perturbs neuronal arborization and disrupts the cytoskeletal proteins SPTBN1 and TUBB3 in both human and chicken in vitro models". Read it here.
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Disputation: Gerd Marie Eskerud Harris June 7, 2022 2:20 PM
PharmaTox doctoral candidate Gerd Marie Eskerud Harris defends her thesis "Migraine pharmacotherapy during pregnancy: Utilization patterns and associations with child neurodevelopment" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.
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New article in JAMA Network Open! June 7, 2022 2:17 PM
PharmaTox researchers set out to answer the question "Is prenatal exposure to triptans associated with an increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring?".
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PharmaTox-video med Geir Kjetil Sandve og Harald Eia Apr. 6, 2022 7:01 AM
Harald Eia lurer på om det er sånn at man kjører masse data inn i datamaksinen, og så finner man at barnet får tannstein dersom mor brukte briller i svangerskapet. Geir Kjetil Sandve svarer.