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These were then evaluated in a final logistic regression model adjusting for potential confounders (age, SES, geography). All analyses were stratified by sex. Among men, trauma and solvents were associated with higher odds of ALS (OR=1.55, 95% CI 1.08-2.23; OR=1.49, 95% CI 1.17-1.89, respectively), and presented a negative interaction (OR=0.49, 95% CI 0.30-0.80). A positive diesel/CVD interaction was observed (OR=1.56, 95% CI 0.94-2.60). Among women, solvents, trauma, lead, and CVD were associated with higher odds of ALS, and a negative lead/solvents interaction was documented (OR=0.52, 95% CI 0.42-0.63). This study is one of the first attempts to evaluate joint and interactive effects of multiple risk factors on ALS, identifying potential synergistic and antagonistic mechanisms. This study is one of the first attempts to evaluate joint and interactive effects of multiple risk factors on ALS, identifying potential synergistic and antagonistic mechanisms.Glyphosate (GLY), N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine, is the most widely used herbicide in the world. It is a broad-spectrum herbicide, also used in crop desiccation. Agricultural workers may be occupationally exposed and general populations may be exposed to GLY mainly through diet. We studied the kinetics of GLY by measuring the parent compound and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in urine samples of three volunteers after an experimental oral exposure. We further examined GLY exposure by measuring GLY and AMPA in spot urine samples of 197 young adults in the general population in Scania, southern Sweden. Urine samples were analyzed using LC-MS/MS. In the experimental exposure, three healthy volunteers received an oral dose equivalent to 50% of the ADI for GLY. Urinary samples were collected up to 100 h after the exposure. ERK inhibition The excretion of GLY to urine seemed to follow first-order kinetics and a two-phase excretion. The excretion half-life of GLY (density adjusted) was 6-9 h in the rapid phase and 18-33 h in the slower phase. The total dose recovered as unchanged GLY in the urine samples of volunteers was 1-6%. The metabolite AMPA was found to be 0.01-0.04% of the total dose of GLY. In the population of young adults, the median concentration was below 0.1 μg/L and a maximum concentration being 3.39 μg/L (density adjusted). AMPA was generally detected in lower concentrations (maximum = 0.99 μg/L). A moderate correlation (Spearman's ρ = 0.56) was observed between GLY and AMPA concentrations. Overall, the results may suggest that GLY and AMPA partly originate from separate exposures and that unchanged GLY is a more suitable biomarker of exposure.Somatic inputs originating from bioregulatory processes can guide cognition and behavior. One such bodily signal, mostly overlooked so far, is represented by visuo-vestibular coupling and its alteration, which in extreme cases may result in motion sickness. We argued that the inherently perturbed interoceptive state that follows can be a powerful determinant of human motivated behavior, resulting in a blunted response to appetitive stimuli and an exaggerated response to noxious ones. We sought to assess such differential impact of visuo-vestibular mismatches on value through a task involving conflict monitoring. We therefore administered to 42 healthy participants a modified version of the Flankers task, in which distractors (arrows, pointing in either a congruent or incongruent direction) signaled the availability of monetary incentives (gains, losses, or neutral trials). While performing the task, participants received either galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS), or sham stimulation. We have found impaired behavioral performances when value, which was attached to task-irrelevant information, was at stake. Gains and losses, interestingly, dissociated, and only the latter caused enhanced interference costs in the task, suggesting that negative incentives may be more effective in c