Environmental factors in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michael Aschner, PhD., Lucio G. Costa, PhD.
• Editors: Aschner, Michael, 1955-; Costa, Lucio G, 1954-
• Contents: Preface Foreword by Annette Kirshner Section I: Neurodevelopmental Disorders 1. Overview of the Role of Environmental Factors in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2. Genetic Factors in Environmentally-Induced Disease 3. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders 4. Prenatal Infection 5. Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorders 6. Organic Mercury Compounds 7. Lead 8. Endocrine Disruptors 9. Summary and Perspectives 10. Overview of Environmental Factors in Neurodegenerative Disorder Part II: Neurodegenerative Disorders 11. Western Pacific ALS-PDC: a Prototypical Long-Latency Environment Neurodegenerative Disorder 12. Parkinson's Disease Epidemiology 13. Parkinson's Disease: Mechanisms and Biological Plausibility 14. Genetics of Parkinson's Disease 15. Environmental Risk Factors in Alzheimer Disease 16. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Environmental Factors 17. Gene-Environment Interactions in Huntington's Disease 18. Infection, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases 19. Late Effects of Early Exposures 20. Summary and Perspectives
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 616.8047; Nervous system -- Degeneration; Environmentally induced diseases
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128004074
• Related ISBNs: 9780128002285
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