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The Long-Term Algae Extract (Chlorella and Fucus sp) and Aminosulphurate Supplementation Modulate SOD-1 Activity and Decrease Heavy Metals (Hg++, Sn) Levels in Patients with Long-Term Dental Titanium Implants and Amalgam Fillings Restorations

  • José Joaquín Merino,
  • José María Parmigiani-Izquierdo,
  • Adolfo Toledano Gasca and
  • María Eugenia Cabaña-Muñoz
Antioxidants2019, 8(4), 101;https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8040101

16 April 2019

The toxicity of heavy metals such as Hg++ is a serious risk for human health. We evaluated whether 90 days of nutritional supplementation (d90, n = 16) with Chlorella vulgaris (CV) and Fucus sp extracts in conjunction with aminosulphurate (nutraceuti...

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Exploratory Metabolomic and Lipidomic Profiling in a Manganese-Exposed Parkinsonism-Affected Population in Northern Italy

  • Freeman Lewis,
  • Daniel Shoieb,
  • Somaiyeh Azmoun,
  • Elena Colicino,
  • Yan Jin,
  • Jinhua Chi,
  • Hari Krishnamurthy,
  • Donatella Placidi,
  • Alessandro Padovani and
  • Roberto Lucchini
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Metabolites2025, 15(7), 487;https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo15070487

20 July 2025

Background/Objectives: Chronic manganese (Mn) exposure is a recognized environmental contributor to Parkinsonian syndromes, including Mn-induced Parkinsonism (MnIP). This study aimed to evaluate whole-blood Mn levels and investigate disease/exposure-...

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Neurotoxicity of Nanomaterials: An Up-to-Date Overview

  • Daniel Mihai Teleanu,
  • Cristina Chircov,
  • Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu and
  • Raluca Ioana Teleanu
Nanomaterials2019, 9(1), 96;https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9010096

13 January 2019

The field of nanotechnology, through which nanomaterials are designed, characterized, produced, and applied, is rapidly emerging in various fields, including energy, electronics, food and agriculture, environmental science, cosmetics, and medicine. T...

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Alteration to Dopaminergic Synapses Following Exposure to Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), in Vitro and in Vivo

  • Rahul Patel,
  • Joshua M. Bradner,
  • Kristen A. Stout and
  • William Michael Caudle
Med. Sci.2016, 4(3), 13;https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci4030013

16 August 2016

Our understanding of the contribution exposure to environmental toxicants has on neurological disease continues to evolve. Of these, Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been shown to have a strong environmental component to its etiopathogenesis. However, wo...

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Nano- and Microplastics in the Brain: An Emerging Threat to Neural Health

  • Anna Baroni,
  • Chantalle Moulton,
  • Mario Cristina,
  • Luigi Sansone,
  • Manuel Belli and
  • Ennio Tasciotti
Nanomaterials2025, 15(17), 1361;https://doi.org/10.3390/nano15171361

4 September 2025

Nano- and microplastics (NMPs), with nanoplastics posing higher risks due to their smaller size and greater capacity for cellular and subcellular penetration, are being referred to as ubiquitous environmental neurotoxicants, due to their ability to p...

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