Retraction Note: Autism-Like Symptoms by Exposure to Air Pollution and Valproic Acid–Induced in Male Rats (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (2022), 29, 39, (59263-59286), 10.1007/S11356-022-19865-W) Publisher Pubmed



Imam B¹ ; Rahmatinia M² ; Shahsavani A^{1, 3} ; Khodagholi F⁴ ; Hopke PK^{5, 6} ; Bazazzpour S² ; Hadei M⁷ ; Yarahmadi M⁸ ; Abdollahifar MA⁹ ; Torkmahalleh MA¹⁰ ; Kermani M¹¹ ; Ilkhani S⁹ ; Mirbehbahani SH⁴
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research Published:2024

Abstract

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding high similarity among multiple panels in Figs. 9-12. Further checks by the publisher have found irregularities in the western blot backgrounds in Fig. 14. The authors have been able to provide alternative data, but not the original full gel images of the blots presented in Fig. 14. The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the presented data. Bahran Imam, Masoumeh Rahmatinia, Abbas Shahsavani, Fariba Khodagholi, Philip K. Hopke, Shahriyar Bazazzpour, Mostafa Hadei, Maryam Yarahmadi, Mohammad-Amin Abdollahifar, Mehdi Amouei Torkmahalleh and Majid Kermani do not agree to this retraction. The publisher has not been able to obtain current email addresses for Saba Ilkhani and Seyed Hamidreza MirBehbahani. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.