Main description:

The volume discusses novel issues associated with the neurotoxicity of select metals

Contents:

1. Molecular mechanisms of aluminum neurotoxicity: Update on adverse effects and therapeutic strategies

Anatoly V. Skalny, Michael Aschner, Yueming Jiang , Yordanka G. Gluhcheva, Yousef Tizabi, Ryszard Lobinski and Alexey A. Tinkov

2. Arsenic-mediated developmental neurotoxicity: Recent advances in understanding the adverse outcomes and underlying mechanisms

Stefan Masjosthusmann, Julia Tigges, Ellen Fritsche and Katharina Koch

3. Cadmium neurotoxicity: From its analytical aspects to neuronal impairment

Jamile Fabbrin Goncalves, Valderi Luiz Dressler, Charles Elias Assmann, Vera Maria Melchiors Morsch and Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger

4. Neurotoxicity of copper and copper nanoparticles

Arundhati Joshi, Kathrin Farber and Ivo F. Scheiber

5. Molecular mechanisms of lead neurotoxicity

Miriam B. Virgolini and Michael Aschner

6. Neurotoxicity mechanisms of manganese in the central nervous system

Edward Pajarillo, Ivan Nyarko-Danquah, Getinet Adinew, Asha Rizor, Michael Aschner and Eunsook Lee

7. Neurotoxicity of mercury: An old issue with contemporary significance

Vasco Branco, Michael Aschner and Cristina Carvalho

8. Neurotoxicity of nickel

Omamuyovwi M. Ijomone

9. Neurotoxicity of thallium: Old issues and new developments

Laura Osorio-Rico, Abel Santamaria, Syed F. Ali and Sonia Galvan-Arzate

10. Neurotoxicity of vanadium

FA Olaolorun, FE Olopade, IL Usende, AD Lijoka, AD Ladagu and JO Olopade

11. Neurotoxicity of metal mixtures

Lopes de Andrade, Vanda, Marreilha dos Santos, Ana Paula and Aschner, Michael