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Handbook of Neurotoxicology - Volume I (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
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Handbook of Neurotoxicology - Volume I (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
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Neurotoxicology is a broad and burgeoning field of research. Its
growth in recent years can be related, in part, to increased
interest in and concern with the fact that a growing number of
anthropogenic agents with neurotoxic potential, including
pesticides, lead, mercury, and the polytypic bypro ducts of
combustion and industrial production, continue to be spewed into
and accumulate in the environment. In addition, there is great
interest in natural products, including toxins, as sources of
therapeutic agents. Indeed, it is well known that many natural
toxins of broadly differing structure, produced or accumulated for
predatory or defensive purposes, and toxic agents, accumulated
incidentally by numerous species, function to perturb nervous
tissue. Components of some of these toxins have been shown to be
useful therapeutic agents and/or research reagents. Unfor tunately,
the environmental accumulation of some neurotoxic ants of
anthropogenic ori gin, especially pesticides and metals, has
resulted in incidents of human poisoning, some of epidemic
proportion, and high levels of morbidity and mortality.
Furthermore, an increasing incidence of neurobehavioral disorders,
some with baffling symptoms, is confronting clinicians. It is not
clear whether this is merely the result of increased vigi lance
and/or improved diagnostics or a consequence of improved health
care. In any case, the role of exposure to environmental and
occupational neurotoxic ants in the etiology of these phenomena, as
well as neurodegenerative diseases, is coming under increasing
scrutiny and investigation.
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