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Environmental Factors in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Advances in Neurotoxicology Volume 1

  • Book

  • September 2017
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 4226495

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.

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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