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Nodding syndrome in Mundri county, South Sudan: environmental, nutritional and infectious factors by Spencer, P S, Vandemaele, K, Richer, M, Palmer, V S, Chungong, S, Anker, M, Ayana, Y, Opoka, M L, Klaucke, B N, Quarello, A, Tumwine, J K

“…Background: Nodding Syndrome is a seizure disorder of children in Mundri County, Western Equatoria, South Sudan. The disorder is reported to be spreading in…”
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Nodding syndrome: origins and natural history of a longstanding epileptic disorder in sub-Saharan Africa by Spencer, P S, Palmer, V S, Jilek-Aall, L

“…Background: Repetitive involuntary head nodding was first reported in the 1960s in the Wapogoro tribe of Tanzania. Objectives: We describe the natural history…”
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Nodding syndrome phenotypes by Spencer, P.S., Mazumder, R., Palmer, V.S., Pollanen, M.S.

“…Nodding syndrome (NS) is a progressive encephalopathy of children and adolescents characterized by seizures, including periodic vertical head nodding. Epidemic…”
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Plants with neurotoxic potential in undernourished subjects by Palmer, V.S., Tshala-Katumbay, D.D., Spencer, P.S.

“…The consumption by humans of plants with potential to induce neurological disorders is widespread, but overt disease surfaces only when the subject's toxic…”
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Vervets and macaques: Similarities and differences in their responses to l-BMAA by Spencer, P.S., Garner, C.E., Palmer, V.S., Kisby, G.E.

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The etiology of nodding syndrome phenotypes remains unknown by Spencer, P.S., Mazumder, R., Palmer, V.S., Valdes Angues, R., Pollanen, M.S.

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Nodding syndrome: A key role for sources of nutrition? by Spencer, P.S., Okot, C., Palmer, V.S., Valdes Angues, R., Mazumder, R.

“…Nodding Syndrome (NS) has occurred among severely food-stressed communities in northern Uganda and several other East African populations that, with their…”
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Medical management, prevention and mitigation of environmental risks factors in Neurology by Reis, J., Román, G.C., Giroud, M., Palmer, V.S., Spencer, P.S.

“…The human environment and exposures arising therefrom are major contributors to neurological disorders ranging from stroke to neurodegenerative diseases…”
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A new murine model of giant proximal axonopathy by Tshala-Katumbay, D D, Palmer, V S, Kayton, R J, Sabri, M I, Spencer, P S

“…The aromatic gamma-diketone 1,2-diacetylbenzene (1,2-DAB), the putative active metabolite of the organic solvent 1,2-diethylbenzene, forms blue-colored…”
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Bioactivation of cyanide to cyanate in sulfur amino acid deficiency : Relevance to neurological disease in humans subsisting on Cassava by TOR-AGBIDYE, J, PALMER, V. S, LASAREV, M. R, CRAIG, A. M, BLYTHE, L. L, SABRI, M. I, SPENCER, P. S

“…Neurological disorders have been reported from parts of Africa with protein-deficient populations and attributed to cyanide (CN-) exposure from prolonged…”
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Sodium cyanate alters glutathione homeostasis in rodent brain: relationship to neurodegenerative diseases in protein-deficient malnourished populations in Africa by Tor-Agbidye, John, Palmer, Valerie S, Spencer, Peter S, Craig, A.Morrie, Blythe, Linda L, Sabri, Mohammad I

“…Sodium cyanate, a neurotoxic chemical in rodents, primates and humans, is implicated in neurodegenerative disorders in protein-deficient populations subsisting…”
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DIETARY DEFICIENCY OF CYSTINE AND METHIONINE IN RATS ALTERS THIOL HOMEOSTASIS REQUIRED FOR CYANIDE DETOXIFICATION by Tor-Agbidye, J, Palmer, V S, Sabri, M I, Craig, A M, Blythe, L L, Spencer, P S

“…Nutritional status is an important factor in modulating the metabolic fate of xenobiotics. Sulfur amino acid (SAA) deficiency has been proposed as a risk…”
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Aiding African Agriculture by Palmer, Valerie S., Tor-Agbidye, John, Spencer, Peter S.

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Inventory management Kaizen by Palmer, V.S.

“…What is Kaizen? Basically, Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that means continual, incremental improvement. KAI = Change and ZEN = Good or for the better. This…”
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On the decline and etiology of high-incidence motor system disease in West Papua (southwest New Guinea) by Spencer, Peter S., Palmer, Valerie S., Ludolph, Albert C.

“…The etiology of a high‐incidence focus of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism–dementia (ALS/P‐D) in south West Papua (Irian Jaya, Indonesia), first…”
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Lathyrism: aqueous leaching reduces grass-pea neurotoxicity by Spencer, Peter S, Palmer, Valerie S

“…Few studies have addressed the potential neurotoxicity of different food preparations of grass pea. The Indian staple, ghotu, prepared by cooking a mixture of…”
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Cycad use and motor neurone disease in Kii peninsula of Japan by Spencer, P S, Ohta, M, Palmer, V S

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Cycad use and motor neurone disease in Irian Jaya by Spencer, P S, Palmer, V S, Herman, A, Asmedi, A

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