Letter regarding: "Paraquat: The red herring of parkinson's disease research"

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 215-216

  Cory slechta, Deborah A ^a   Thiruchelvam, Mona ^b   Di Monte, Donato A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PARKINSON S INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINIUM; 1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; MANEB; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISEASE MODEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RISK FACTOR; STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION;

HERBICIDES; HUMANS; PARAQUAT; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 42149191146     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm309     Document Type: Letter

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