造成巴金森氏症的毒物

NewsDaily: Science -- Parkinsonism linked to trichloroethylene  Annotated

• 肯塔基醫學院的研究者發現長期接觸去漬劑的工人，會受到三氯乙烯的污染，可能有極大可能發生巴金森氏症的危險。此物質於動物實驗中會使製造能量的重要酵素減少，而造成一些多巴胺神經元產生退化的變化，由於此多巴胺神經毒性，此物質因此被認為是造成巴金森症的主要危險因子。   - post by tgkuo1

  Parkinsonism linked to trichloroethylene

  Researchers led by Don M. Gash and John T. Slevin of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine identified a number of industrial workers, who experienced long-term exposure to the degreasing agent widely used in industry, but also found in drinking water, surface water and soil due to runoff from manufacturing sites.

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