The vulnerable brain and environmental risks. Vol. 2, Toxins in food /
edited by Robert L. Isaacson and Karl F. Jensen.
- New York : Plenum Press, c1992.
- xv, 328 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + hbk.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Metals -- Methylmercury neurotoxicity and its uptake across the blood - brain barrier / Michael Aschner, Judy L. Aschner and Harold K. Kimelberg -- The neurotoxicity of methylmercury in the developing nervous system / John R. O'Kusky -- Intestinal absorption of aluminum: relation to neurotoxicity / Gijsbert B. Van Der Voet -- Aluminum ingestion: a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease? / D. R. McLachlan and Joan Massiah -- 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 -- Neurotoxic metals and neuronal signalling processes / Daniel Minnema -- Cognitive, neural and behavioral effects of low-level lead exposure / Julie A. Riess and Herbert L. Needleman -- Lead poisoning, toxocariasis and pica: links to neurobehavioral disorders / Peter J. Donovick and Richard G. Burright -- Nocardia: an environmental bacterium possibly associated with neurodegenerative diseases in humans / Blaine L. Beauman -- Part II. Toxicants -- Neurotoxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls: the role of ortho-substitued congeners in altering neurochemical function / Richard F. Seegal and William Shain -- Central nervous system plasticity and pathology induced by exposure to organophosphate pesticides / David H. Overstreet and Grant D. Schiller -- Silver impregnation of organophosphorus-induced delayed neuropathy in the central nervous system / Duke Tanaka, Jr., Steven J. Bursian and Ellen J. Lehning -- Neuroreceptor and behavioral effects of DDT and pyrethroids in immature and adult mammals / Per Eriksson -- Part III. Selected mechanisms of action -- Formation of excess reactive oxygen species within the brain / Stephen C. Bondy and Carl P. LeBel -- Acute and chronic neurodegenerative disorders produced by dietary excitotoxins / Charles F. Zorumski and John W. Olney -- Behavioral and neuropathological consequences of chronic exposure to low doses of the dopaminergic neurotoxin MPTP / J. S. Schneider -- Part IV. Legal issues -- Courts, agencies and social risk assessment / Clayton P. Gillette and James E. Krier.