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The Vulnerable Brain and Environmental Risks

Volume 2: Toxins in Food

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Robert L. Isaacson

    1. Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA

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  2. Karl F. Jensen

    1. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Metals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Methylmercury Neurotoxicity and Its Uptake Across the Blood — Brain Barrier

      • Michael Aschner, Judy L. Aschner, Harold K. Kimelberg
      Pages 3-17

    3. The Neurotoxicity of Methylmercury in the Developing Nervous System

      • John R. O’Kusky
      Pages 19-34

    4. Intestinal Absorption of Aluminum

      • Gijsbert B. van der Voet
      Pages 35-47

    5. Aluminum Ingestion

      • D. R. McLachlan, Joan Massiah
      Pages 49-60

    6. The Concept of Direct and Indirect Neurotoxicity and the Concept of Toxic Metal/Essential Element Interactions as a Common Biomechanism Underlying Metal Toxicity

      • Louis W. Chang
      Pages 61-82

    7. Neurotoxic Metals and Neuronal Signalling Processes

      • Daniel Minnema
      Pages 83-109

    8. Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure

      • Julie A. Riess, Herbert L. Needleman
      Pages 111-126

    9. Lead Poisoning,Toxocariasis,and Pica

      • Peter J. Donovick, Richard G. Burright
      Pages 127-146

    10. Nocardia

      • Blaine L. Beaman
      Pages 147-166

  3. Toxicants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Neurotoxicity of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

      • Richard F. Seegal, William Shain
      Pages 169-195

    3. Central Nervous System Plasticity and Pathology Induced by Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides

      • David H. Overstreet, Grant D. Schiller
      Pages 197-214

    4. Silver Impregnation of Organophosphorus-Induced Delayed Neuropathy in the Central Nervous System

      • Duke Tanaka Jr., Steven J. Bursian, Ellen J. Lehning
      Pages 215-234

    5. Neuroreceptor and Behavioral Effects of DDT and Pyrethroids in Immature and Adult Mammals

      • Per Eriksson
      Pages 235-251

  4. Selected Mechanisms of Action

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Formation of Excess Reactive Oxygen Species within the Brain

      • Stephen C. Bondy, Carl P. LeBel
      Pages 255-272

    3. Acute and Chronic Neurodegenerative Disorders Produced by Dietary Excitotoxins

      • Charles F. Zorumski, John W. Olney
      Pages 273-292

    4. Behavioral and Neuropathological Consequences of Chronic Exposure to Low Doses of the Dopaminergic Neurotoxin MPTP

      • J. S. Schneider
      Pages 293-308
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About this book

Contributors to this second volume discuss metal and toxicant toxicity, their environmental sources and methods of action, and their regulation by courts and agencies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA

    Robert L. Isaacson

  • U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, USA

    Karl F. Jensen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Vulnerable Brain and Environmental Risks

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 2: Toxins in Food

  • Editors: Robert L. Isaacson, Karl F. Jensen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3330-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44165-3Published: 31 October 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6467-2Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-3330-6Published: 07 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 332

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Neurosciences

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