Lucio G. Costa
Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Contact

E-mail: lgcosta@u.washington.edu

Research interests

1) Neurotoxicology and developmental neurotoxicology;

2) Mechanisms of neurotoxicity of ethanol, domoic acid,
polybrominated diphenylethers, organophosphorus insecticides;

3) Gene-environment interactions

Recent Publications

Costa LG, Vitalone A, Cole TB, Furlong CE. 2005. Modulation of paraoxonase (PON1) activity. Biochem. Pharmacol. 69:541-550.

Costa LG, Cole TB, Vitalone A and Furlong CE. 2005. Measurement of paraoxonase (PON1) status: a biomarker of susceptibility to organophosphate toxicity. Clin Chim Acta 352:37-47

LG Costa, SN Kelada, P Costa-Mallen, FM Farin, HA Viernes, T Smith Weller, GM Franklin, WT Longstreth, PD Swanson, H Checkoway, CE Furlong. 2004. Paraoxonase 2 (PON2) polymorphisms and Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience Research Communications 34:130-135