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Toxicological Sciences 2007 100(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfm223
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Paraquat: The Red Herring of Parkinson's Disease Research

Gary Wright Miller1

Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

1 For correspondence via. E-mail: Gray.miller@emory.edu.

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Definitions adapted from the American Heritage Dictionary

Red herring n 1: something that draws attention away from the central issue
n 2: a smoked herring having a reddish color (they turn red when cured)
Folklore suggests that criminals attempting to throw off pursuing bloodhounds would rub the fish across their trail

Definition from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Herring n 3: an implement for felling mighty trees as suggested by misguided knights

After the discovery that 1-methyl 4-phenyl 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) induced a parkinsonian syndrome in individuals who inadvertently injected the by-product of illicit drug manufacturing (Langston et al., 1983Go; Ramachandiran et al., 2007Go; Richardson et al., 2005Go. . . [Full Text of this Article]


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