
Malik Afrifa
Pyrethroid insecticides are commonly used in agriculture and household products. Prenatal exposure to pyrethroids has been associated with a variety of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in children, including deficits in motor control, social adaptation, and intelligence. Cypermethrin, a type II pyrethroid, is the most frequently detected pyrethroid in food. Preliminary data suggest that prenatal exposure to cypermethrin alters the differentiation and migration of GABAergic interneurons in the embryonic mouse brain at gestational day 14.