Parkinsonism and the Environment

Dr. Filipov is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology of the University of Georgia. He is also part of the university’s Interdisciplinary Toxicology and Neuroscience programs. His research is focused in large part on the role certain pesticides and metals play in the pathogenesis of basal ganglia disorders of parkinsonian nature

• Experimental evidence for pesticide contribution in the pathogenesis of Parkinsonism: an update.- Epidemiological evidence for pesticide involvement in the etiology of Parkinson’s Disease: current state of affairs?”.- Manganese induced Parkinsonism: cellular and molecular mechanisms.- Manganese overexposures in occupational and environmental settings and Parkinsonism: where do we stand.- Aberrant dopamine metabolism as a focal point in the mechanism of environmental contaminant-induced dopaminergic dysfunction.- Emerging contaminants as contributors to Parkinsonism: focus on PhiPs.- Emerging contaminants as contributors to Parkinsonism: focus on PhiPs.- Protein kinase C-delta (PKC-delta): a major molecular target for disparate dopaminergic toxicants.- Environmental contribution to redox dyshomeostasis in Parkinsonism.