Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Natural and Synthetic Neurotoxins in Our Environment: From Alzheimer's Disease (AD) to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Pogue Aileen I¹ and Lukiw Walter J^1-4*

¹Alchem Biotech, Toronto ON M5S 1A8, Canada

²Neuroscience Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

³Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans LA 70112, USA

⁴Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans LA 70112, USA

*Corresponding Author:

Walter J Lukiw
Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology and Ophthalmology, Bollinger Professor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology, Neuroscience Center and Department of Ophthalmology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Tel: 504-599-0842
E-mail: wlukiw@lsuhsc.edu

Received date: July 07, 2016; Accepted date: July 19, 2016; Published date: July 26, 2016

Citation: Pogue AI and Lukiw WJ (2016) Natural and Synthetic Neurotoxins in Our Environment: From Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 6:249. doi:10.4172/2161-0460.1000249

Copyright: © 2016 Pogue Aileen I, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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