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Neuropoisons

Their Pathophysiological Actions

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  • © 1971

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Editors:
  1. Lance L. Simpson

    1. Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, USA
      Division of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Clinical Aspects of Elapid Bite

    • André de Vries, Eleanor Condrea
    Pages 1-20

  3. Mode of Action of Cobra Venom and Its Purified Toxins

    • C. Y. Lee
    Pages 21-70

  4. Symptomatology of Experimental and Clinical Crotalid Envenomation

    • James A. Vick
    Pages 71-86

  5. The Mechanism of Snake Venom Actions—Rattlesnakes and Other Crotalids

    • Anthony T. Tu
    Pages 87-109

  6. The Use of Snake Venoms as Pharmacological Tools in Studying Nerve Activity

    • Philip Rosenberg
    Pages 111-137

  7. Fugu (Puffer-Fish) Poisoning and the Pharmacology of Crystalline Tetrodotoxin in Poisoning

    • Yasumi Ogura
    Pages 139-158

  8. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning and Saxitoxin

    • Edward J. Schantz
    Pages 159-168

  9. Mechanism of Action of Tetrodotoxin (TTX) and Saxitoxin (STX)

    • Wolf-Dietrich Dettbarn
    Pages 169-186

  10. Tetrodotoxin and Saxitoxin as Pharmacological Tools

    • Peter W. Gage
    Pages 187-212

  11. The Clinical Effects of Tetanus

    • Edward Barry Adams
    Pages 213-224

  12. Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Tetanus Intoxication

    • Sumner I. Zacks, Michael F. Sheff
    Pages 225-262

  13. Tetanus Toxin as a Neuropharmacological Tool

    • D. R. Curtis
    Pages 263-281

  14. The Clinical Aspects of Botulism

    • M. Glenn Koenig
    Pages 283-301

  15. The Neuroparalytic and Hemagglutinating Activities of Botulinum Toxin

    • Lance L. Simpson
    Pages 303-323

  16. Botulinum Toxin as a Tool for Research on the Nervous System

    • Daniel B. Drachman
    Pages 325-347

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 349-361
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About this book

Poisons are topics of multidisciplinary concern. The clinician and the pathologist are sensitive to instances of human poisoning. The laboratory researcher, whether pharmacologist, physiologist, or biochemist, is oriented toward molecular modes of poison action. Both clinician and researcher are eager to learn of poisons that can be used as therapeutic agents or methodological tools. This volume is an attempt to underscore the multidisciplinary charac­ ter of neuropoisons. Six poisons of animal origin which are receiving considerable clinical and research attention are discussed. Each poison is presented first as a clinical entity, then as a topic of investigative research, and finally as an agent useful to the study of nerve function. Because no single volume on neuropoisons can be exhaustive, an attempt at balance is offered as compensation. Two snake venoms, two marine poisons, and two bacterial toxins are presented in detail. In the sequel to this volume, attention will be focused on representative neuro­ poisons of plant origin.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Lance L. Simpson

  • Division of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA

    Lance L. Simpson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neuropoisons

  • Book Subtitle: Their Pathophysiological Actions

  • Editors: Lance L. Simpson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2940-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1971

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2942-8Published: 17 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2940-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 362

  • Topics: Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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