A new link between pesticides and Parkinson's disease

被引:59
作者
Giasson, BI [1 ]
Lee, VMY [1 ]
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[1] Univ Penn, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Ctr Neurodegenerat Dis Res, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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10.1038/81737
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Environmental factors are thought to be an important cause od Parkinson's disease, a new study shows that rats chronically treated with the mitochondrial inhibitor rotenone, a common pesticide, develop neuropathological and behavioral symptoms sf Parkinsonism.
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