Inamdar AA, Hossain MM, Bernstein AI, Miller GW, Richardson JR, Bennett JW. Fungal-derived semiochemical 1-octen-3-ol disrupts dopamine packaging and causes neurodegeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Nov 11. PMID: 24218591.
From the abstract: "... To date ... suspected environmental risk factors [for Parkinson's Disease] have been man-made chemicals. In this report, we demonstrate ... that the common volatile fungal semiochemical 1-octen-3-ol reduces dopamine levels and causes dopamine neuron degeneration in Drosophila melanogaster. ..."
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