Research Catalog

Title

Mechanisms of actions of neurotoxic substances / editors, Kedar N. Prasad, Antonia Vernadakis.

Publication

New York : Raven Press, c1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Prasad, Kedar N.
• Vernadakis, Antonia, 1930-

Description

ix, 225 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Metals > toxicity
• Nervous System > drug effects
• Nervous system > Diseases
• Neuropharmacology
• Heavy metals > Physiological effect
• Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
• Environmental Pollutants > toxicity
• Neurotoxic agents

Note

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

Neurochemical and ionic mechanisms of lead neurotoxicity / Ellen K. Silbergeld -- Neurotransmitter binding interactions as a screen for neurotoxicity / Stephen C. Bondy -- Pathogenetic mechanisms of the neurotoxicity of methylmercury / Louis W. Chang -- Tissue culture model to study the mechanism of the effect of heavy metals on nerve tissue / Kedar N. Prasad -- Neurotoxicity of DDT and possible mechanisms of action / Dorothy Woolley -- Neurotoxic effects of DDT (1,1,1,-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane / Melvin H. Van Woert, Andreas Plaitakis, and Eunyong Chung Hwang -- Neurotoxic effects of phenytoin / Antonia Vernadakis -- Effects on cell proliferation of pharmacological agents acting on the central nervous system / Ambrish J. Patel and Paul D. Lewis.

ISBN

0890046387

LCCN

79005319

OCLC

• 7671570
• ocm07671570
• SCSB-4664881

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries