Maternal acrylamide treatment reduces ovarian follicle number in newborn guinea pig offspring.

Highlights: [•] Acrylamide reduces the number of primordial and primary follicles. [•] Acrylamide may disturb the vimentin filament network causing defects in the granulosa cell–oocyte interactions. [•] Acrylamide increases follicular atresia by inducing oocyte apoptosis. [•] Acrylamide does not induce autophagy. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]