Superfund Research Program

Susan Searles Nielsen

University of Washington
University of Washington, SRP
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Box 357234
Seattle, Washington 98195-7234
Phone: 206-685-2487
Email: ssn@u.washington.edu

Research Briefs

• 223 - Nicotine in Peppers and Other Vegetables May Reduce Parkinson Disease Risk

Publications

2021

• Criswell SR, Searles Nielsen S, Dlamini WW, Warden MN, Perlmutter JS, Sheppard L, Moerlein SM, Lenox-Krug J, Checkoway H, Racette BA. 2021. Principal component analysis of striatal and extrastriatal D2 dopamine receptor positron emission tomography in manganese-exposed workers. Toxicol Sci 182:doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfab045 PMID:33881537 PMCID:PMC8285020

2020

• Criswell SR, Searles Nielsen S, Warden MN, Perlmutter JS, Moerlein SM, Sheppard L, Lenox-Krug J, Checkoway H, Racette BA. 2020. [11C]dihydrotetrabenazine positron emission tomography in manganese-exposed workers. J Occup Environ Med 62:788-794. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001915 PMID:32472844 PMCID:PMC7786890

2018

• Criswell SR, Warden MN, Searles Nielsen S, Perlmutter JS, Moerlein SM, Sheppard L, Lenox-Krug J, Checkoway H, Racette BA. 2018. Selective D2 receptor PET in manganese-exposed workers. Neurology 91(11):e1022-e1030. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000006163 PMID:30097475 PMCID:PMC6140373

2017

• Racette BA, Searles Nielsen S, Criswell SR, Sheppard L, Seixas N, Warden MN, Checkoway H. 2017. Dose-dependent progression of parkinsonism in manganese-exposed welders. Neurology 88(4):344-351. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000003533 PMID:28031394 PMCID:PMC5272970
• Searles Nielsen S, Al-Lozi A, Hershey T, Birke A, Checkoway H, Criswell SR, Racette BA. 2017. Cognitive control dysfunction in workers exposed to manganese-containing welding fume. Am J Ind Med 60(2):181-188. doi:10.1002/ajim.22675 PMID:27862095

2015

• Searles Nielsen S, Checkoway H, Criswell SR, Farin FM, Stapleton PL, Sheppard L, Racette BA. 2015. Inducible nitric oxide synthase gene methylation and parkinsonism in manganese-exposed welders. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 21(4):355-360. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.01.007 PMID:25634431 PMCID:PMC4512640

2014

• Checkoway H, Searles Nielsen S, Racette BA. 2014. Epidemiological Studies of Parkinsonism in Welders. Chapter 20 in: Manganese in Health and Disease. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

2013

• Searles Nielsen S, Franklin GM, Longstreth WT, Swanson PD, Checkoway H. 2013. Nicotine from edible Solanaceae and risk of Parkinson disease. Ann Neurol 74(3):472-477. doi:10.1002/ana.23884 PMID:23661325 PMCID:PMC4864980