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Vanessa A Fitsanakis is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at King University in Bristol, TN, USA. Following completion of an MSc in Science and Technology Studies at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland (UK), she received her PhD in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University, with a focus on the neurotoxicity of organometallic compounds. She then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Wake Forest University Medical School in Winston-Salem, NC. Using C elegans as a model organism, her current research focuses on the the ability of various pesticides to contribute to the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Parkinson’s disease. She is interested in mechanisms of oxidative stress, mitochondrial inhibition, and toxicant transport in the central nervous system. She is a member of the Society of Toxicology, and the Science Group of the Appalachian College Association.
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Works (19)
10.1007/s12640-009-9017-1
10.1002/nbm.1348
10.1385/BTER:111:1:199
10.1385/BTER:111:1:185
10.1016/S0891-5849(02)01169-3
10.1093/toxsci/kfq376
10.1016/j.neuro.2005.06.004
10.1016/j.neuro.2006.05.006
10.1007/s12640-011-9274-7
10.1016/j.neuro.2011.02.002
10.1007/s12640-009-9130-1
10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01525.x
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06145.x
10.1002/jnr.20560
10.1177/0960327107070496
10.1016/j.neuint.2005.10.012
10.1016/j.taap.2004.11.013
10.1385/BTER:107:3:221
10.1016/j.neuro.2006.03.001