Seeking environmental causes of neurodegenerative disease and envisioning primary prevention.

Spencer, Peter S; Palmer, Valerie S; Kisby, Glen E

Spencer, Peter S; Palmer, Valerie S; Kisby, Glen E.

Affiliation

Spencer PS; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA; Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. Electronic address: spencer@ohsu.edu.
Palmer VS; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Kisby GE; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest, Lebanon, OR, USA.

Neurotoxicology ; 56: 269-283, 2016 09.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27050202

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Environmental Exposure/adverse effects; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Primary Prevention; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Environmental Exposure/statistics & numerical data; Female; Guam/epidemiology; Humans; Male; Neurodegenerative Diseases/epidemiology; Neurodegenerative Diseases/etiology; Neurodegenerative Diseases/prevention & control

Key words

Alzheimer disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Atypical parkinsonism; Colon cancer; Cycad; Dementia; Guam, Kii Peninsula, West Papua; Gulf War veteran; Methylazoxymethanol; Tauopathy; Western Pacific ALS-PDC; ß-N-methylamino-l-alanine

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Primary Prevention / Neurodegenerative Diseases / Environmental Exposure Type of study: Etiology_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Neurotoxicology Year: 2016 Document type: Article Country of publication: Netherlands

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