Wang / Slikker Developmental Neurotoxicology Research

Principles, Models, Techniques, Strategies, and Mechanisms
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-470-92274-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 664 Seiten, E-Book

This book describes how systems biology, pharmacogenomic and behavioral approaches, as applied to neurodevelopmental toxicology, provide a structure to arrange information in a biological model. Authors review and discuss approaches that can be used as effective tools to dissect mechanisms underlying pharmacological and toxicological phenomena associated with the exposure to drugs or environmental toxicants during development. This book presents cross-cutting research tools and animal models, along with applications to the studies associated with potential anesthetic-induced developmental neurotoxicity; the developmental basis of adolescent or adult onset of disease; risk assessment of methyl mercury and its effects on neurodevelopment; challenges in the field to identify environmental factors of relevance to autism; and the strategy and progress of epilepsy research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Cheng

Slikker, William

Über Autor(innen)

Cheng Wang is Senior Neurobiologist in the Division ofNeurotoxicology at the National Center for Toxicological Research,U.S. Food and DrugAdministration. He is the author of overfifty-five peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Dr. Wangwas awarded the Outstanding Performance Award at the Society ofToxicology 44th Annual Meeting and the 2007 FDA ScientificAchievement Award for Excellence in Laboratory Science.
William Slikker, Jr., is the Director of the NationalCenter for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and DrugAdministration. He has over 260 peer-reviewed scientificpublications. Dr. Slikker has served as coeditor of several booksand is an Associate Editor of the journals NeuroToxicologyand Toxicological Sciences.