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Aldehyde dehydrogenase variation enhances effect of pesticides associated with Parkinson disease.
Neurology - 4 Feb 2014
Fitzmaurice Arthur G, Rhodes Shannon L, Cockburn Myles, Ritz Beate, Bronstein Jeff M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine whether environmental and genetic alterations of neuronal aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) enzymes were associated with increased Parkinson disease (PD) risk in an epidemiologic study. METHODS: A novel ex vivo assay was developed to identify pesticides that can inhibit neuronal ALDH activity. These were investigated for PD associations in a population-based...
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