Biochemical and toxicological evidence of neurological effects of pesticides: The example of Parkinson's disease

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-391

  Moretto, A ^a,b   Colosio, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exposure; Mixture; Oxidative stress; Paraquat; Parkinson; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; DIELDRIN; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANEB; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; ROTENONE;

CELL LOSS; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIELDRIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MANEB; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PARAQUAT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PESTICIDES; PYRETHRINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROTENONE; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955117911     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.03.004     Document Type: Review

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