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Pierre-Olivier Fernagut, PhD
… and has recently found that exposure to the pesticide paraquat increases the formation of alpha-synuclein …
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The New York Times Covers Environmental Factors in Parkinson’s Disease
July 23, 2020
… strategy against toxic chemicals , including the pesticide paraquat, which is thought to increase Parkinson’s risk by … to reduce the number and types of toxic chemicals and ban paraquat for good. Stay tuned to our channels and complete …
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Validation of Nox1/Rac1, a Novel Molecular Source of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Nigrostriatal Pathway, as a Target for Parkinson's Disease Therapy
… for PD. Anticipated Outcome : Our recent in vitro and paraquat-mediated in vivo PD model studies demonstrate that … under various oxidative stress conditions including 6-OHDA, paraquat and MPTP as well as postmortem human PD brain …
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A Parkinson’s disease CircRNAs Resource reveals a link between circSLC8A1 and oxidative stress
July 6, 2020
… cells exposed to the oxidative stress-inducing agent paraquat but were decreased in cells treated with the …
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Proposal Could Impact Regulation of Chemicals Linked to Parkinson's
July 26, 2018
… several of these studies to urge the EPA to ban the use of paraquat, an herbicide associated with increased Parkinson's … says Meyer. "When it comes to regulating herbicides like paraquat, the EPA can't do its job if it can't access all …
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Capitol Hill Briefing Addresses Environmental Risk Factors for Parkinson's
April 2, 2018
… especially chemicals marketed as Agent Orange and paraquat, with increased risk between two and eight times, … Parkinson's Advocacy Council called for the herbicide paraquat to be banned in the United States in a letter to …