The Vulnerable Brain and Environmental Risks
Volume 1 Malnutrition and Hazard Assessment
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 1992
Book
Hardback
XXI, 268 pages
978-0-306-44148-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Edition
1., 992
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
XXI, 268 p., 63 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
758 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-44148-6 (9780306441486)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-3326-9
Schweitzer Classification
Content
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.