Mechanisms of actions of neurotoxic substances
By: editors, Kedar N. Prasad, Antonia Vernadakis.
Contributors: Prasad, Kedar N.; Vernadakis, Antonia, 1930-
Publisher: Raven Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Nervous system -- Diseases.; Neurotoxic agents.; Neuropharmacology.; Nervous system -- Effect of metals on.; Heavy metals -- Physiological effect.; Environmental pollutants -- Toxicity.; Drug therapy -- Adverse effects.; Drugs -- Toxicity.; Metals -- Toxicity.; Nervous system -- Drug effects.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Neurochemical and ionic mechanisms of lead neurotoxicity / Ellen K. Silbergeld; title: Neurotransmitter binding interactions as a screen for neurotoxicity / Stephen C. Bondy; title: Pathogenetic mechanisms of the neurotoxicity of methylmercury / Louis W. Chang; title: Tissue culture model to study the mechanism of the effect of heavy metals on nerve tissue / Kedar N. Prasad; title: Neurotoxicity of DDT and possible mechanisms of action / Dorothy Woolley; title: Neurotoxic effects of DDT (1,1,1,-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane / Melvin H. Van Woert, Andreas Plaitakis, and Eunyong Chung Hwang; title: Neurotoxic effects of phenytoin / Antonia Vernadakis; title: Effects on cell proliferation of pharmacological agents acting on the central nervous system / Ambrish J. Patel and Paul D. Lewis.