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Abou-Donia, MB (2016). Introduction. SAQ: The South Atlantic Quarterly, 115(1). pp. 1-7. 10.1215/00382876-3424720. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/12669.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Mohamed Bahie Abou-Donia
Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
The overall research program in this laboratory is directed toward understanding the
basic mechanisms by which chemicals adversely affect the nervous system. This should
lead to a better assessment of acute and chronic neurotoxicities and the development
of drugs to prevent or treat them. We are primarily concerned with neurotoxicants
that produce Wallerian-type degeneration of the axon and myelin of the central and
peripheral nervous systems. These chemicals include antiesterase organop
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