The “Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES)" funded this consortium to study the negative influence of endocrine perturbators such as dioxin on folate transport into the brain, and on folate cerebral deficiency that is responsible for neurodevelopmental diseases. Partners include the research units NGERE (Nancy), T3S (Paris) and Neuropsychopharmacology (Paris).