Nanoplastics and Neurodegeneration in ALS

A Eisen, EP Pioro, SA Goutman, MC Kiernan - Brain Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Plastic production, which exceeds one million tons per year, is of global concern. The
constituent low-density polymers enable spread over large distances and micro/nano …

Introducing the Role of Genotoxicity in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

GE Kisby, DM Wilson III, PS Spencer - International journal of molecular …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Decades of research have identified genetic and environmental factors involved in age-
related neurodegenerative diseases and, to a lesser extent, neuropsychiatric disorders …

[HTML][HTML] Are BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylenes) involved in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

A Santurtún, P Fdez-Arroyabe, MJ Sedano… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2024 - Springer
Air pollution is an environmental factor involved in neuroinflammation, which leads to the
progressive neuronal damage that appears in various neurodegenerative diseases. This …

Analysis of mortality in Parkinson disease in China: Exploration of recent and future trends

J Lan, Y Ren, G Song, L Liu, M Li, R Zhang… - Aging …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Parkinson disease (PD) is the third leading cause of mortality among middle‐
aged and older individuals in China. This study aimed to explore the trends and distribution …

The p. Gly2019Ser is the commonest pathogenic mutation in the LRRK2 gene among Egyptians with familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease

M Salama, M William, S Hamed, A Shalash, E Khedr… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The impact of LRRK2 variants on the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Egyptians remains
unknown. We examined 1,210 Egyptians (611 PD patients and 599 controls) for 12 LRRK2 …