Robert Isaacson, Karl F Jensen

The Vulnerable Brain and Environmental Risks

Herausgegeben:Isaacson, R. L.; Jensen, K. F.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This three volume series utilizes a multidisiplinary approach to evaluate the effects of pollutants on sensory, motor, and emotional functions, as well as learning, memory, and intellectual capacities. The current volume focuses on malnutrition and general methods of assessment of toxicological damage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• 1992.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9780306441486
• ISBN-10: 0306441489
• Artikelnr.: 24524020

Inhaltsangabe

Malnutrition: Malnutrition and the Developing Central Nervous System (P.J. Morgane et al.). Prolonged Dietary Restriction and its Effects on Dopamine Systems of the Brain (F.M. Scalzo). Dietary Factors that Influence the Neural Substrates of Memory (G.L. Wenk). Neurotoxins in Herbs and Food Plants (R.J. Huxtable). Malnutrition and the Vulnerable Brain (R.W. Russell). Methods: The Evaluation of Behavioral Changes Produced by Consumption of Environmentally Contaminated Fish (H.B. Daly). Animal Models of Cognitive Development in Neurotoxicity (M.E. Stanton). Neurotoxicants and Limbic Kindling (M.E. Gilbert). Testing Visual System Toxicity Using Visual Evoked Potentials (W.K. Boyes). The Use of Selective Silver Degeneration Stains in Neurotoxicity (C.D. Balaban). Caveats in Hazard Assessment (D.B. Miller). Index.