Widespread pesticide atrazine ages brain cells, boosts risk of neurodegenerative disease

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Widespread pesticide atrazine ages brain cells, boosts risk of neurodegenerative disease

Atrazine exposure ages certain brain cells in mice so they stop dividing and growing. (Photo credit: iStock by Getty Images) Exposure to a widely used herbicide called atrazine (AT) can make nerve cells age faster and harm the hypothalamus, an essential part of the brain, increasing the risk of neurodegenerative disease, according to a recently released study in mice.  A complete nerve cell (neuron) structure and sufficient mature nerve cells ar…