Environmental Factors in Neurodegenerative Diseases
- 1st Edition, Volume 1 - September 19, 2017
- Latest edition
- Editors: Michael Aschner, Lucio G. Costa
- Language: English
Environmental Factors in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Volume One addresses contemporary advances in neurotoxicology, with thematic volumes providing authoritative review articles… Read more
Description
Description
Environmental Factors in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Volume One addresses contemporary advances in neurotoxicology, with thematic volumes providing authoritative review articles on key issues in the field. Updates in this new volume include chapters on Air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases, Mercury and Parkinson’s disease, Pesticides and PD: current evidence, Aluminum and neurodegeneration, Microglia and neurodegeneration, Dietary factors, Mitochondria in neurodegeneration, and Manganese and neurodegeneration. Edited by leading experts, volumes are designed as in-depth overviews of the latest topic developments that analyze the effect of varied chemical agents on the nervous system. It is an essential resource for researchers and graduate students alike.
Key features
Key features
- Includes, in one single publication, a selection of comprehensive reviews devoted to neurotoxicology
- Edited by high-profile, leading academics in the field, ensuring a quality publication for subscribers
- Aims to widen the scope for participation by international contributors, researchers and editorial board members outside North America
- Serves a broad audience of university faculty, researchers and students, as well as the industry, drug development companies and the government
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Epidemiological and Experimental Evidence, and Potential Underlying Mechanisms
Lucio G. Costa
2. The Catecholaminergic Neurotransmitter System in Methylmercury-Induced Neurotoxicity
Marcelo Farina, Michael Aschner and João B.T. da Rocha
3. Pesticides and Parkinson’s Disease: Current Experimental and Epidemiological Evidence
Samuel M. Goldman, Ruth E. Musgrove, Sarah A. Jewell and Donato A. Di Monte
4. Metals and Circadian Rhythms
Nancy L. Parmalee and Michael Aschner
5. Aluminum and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Stephen C. Bondy and Arezoo Campbell
6. Manganese Neurodegeneration
David C. Dorman
7. Roles of Microglia in Inflammation-Mediated Neurodegeneration: Models, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Interventions for Parkinson’s Disease
Hui-Ming Gao, Dezhen Tu, Yun Gao, Qiyao Liu, Ru Yang, Yue Liu, Tian Guan and Jau-Shyong Hong
8. Mitochondrial Dynamics in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Jennifer Pinnell and Kim Tieu
9. Food Plant Chemicals Linked With Neurological and Neurodegenerative Disease
Peter S. Spencer and Valerie S. Palmer
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 1
- Published: September 22, 2017
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Michael Aschner
Dr. Michael Aschner is currently the Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Molecular Pharmacology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he is also a Professor in the Departments of Molecular Pharmacology, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics. He is a leading expert in neurotoxicology and neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases. In addition to serving as a past president of the Society of Toxicology (2022-23), he served on numerous toxicology panels (U.S. EPA and CDC), been an expert reviewer for multiple federal agencies in the US and abroad, and is a member of the Neurotoxicology and Alcohol study section (NIH). He is a past recipient of the prestigious Society of Toxicology Merit Award (2010) and the Distinguished Neurotoxicologist Award (2020). He is a co-editor of the Elsevier series, Advancements in Neurotoxicology in addition to edited other Elsevier titles. He has published numerous articles and has served as an associate editor for multiple high impact factor journals.
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