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Emerging neurotoxic mechanisms in environmental factors-induced neurodegeneration.
Neurotoxicology - 1 Aug 2012
Kanthasamy Anumantha, Jin Huajun, Anantharam Vellareddy, Sondarva Gautam, Rangasamy Velusamy, Rana Ajay, Kanthasamy Arthi
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to environmental neurotoxic metals, pesticides and other chemicals is increasingly recognized as a key risk factor in the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Oxidative stress and apoptosis have been actively investigated as neurotoxic mechanisms over the past two decades, resulting in a greater understanding of neurotoxic processes....
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