The Vulnerable Brain and Environmental Risks

by R.L. Isaacson (Editor), K.F. Jensen (Editor)

Overview

These acclaimed volumes provide a firm methodological foundation for the evaluation of neural and behavioral toxicology, and address emerging hypotheses about the actions of pollutants on brain function. In Volume 3 distinguished contributors discuss the difficulties of assessing the effects of pervasive toxins in air and water.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306441653
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	01/28/1992
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	67.50(w) x 10.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Isaacson, Robert L. (Binghamton Univ, New York); Jensen, Karl F. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

The contributors represent the specialties of neurology, toxicology, environmental health, psychiatry, and psychology. Most come from U.S., Argentinean, European, and Japanese medical centers, research institutes, and government agencies. Institutions prominently represented include Boston Univ, Health Effects Research Laboratory of the U.S. EPA and NIH.

Table of Contents

Clinical and Behavioral Effects of Common Environmental Insults: Neurotoxic Effects of Trichloroethylene in Drinking Water (R.G. Feldman et al.). Vulnerability Factors for AgeRelated Cognitive Decline (P.J. Houx, J. Jolles). Transport of Inhaled Toxicants to the Central Nervous System (J.L. Lewis et al.). Estimating the Risks to the Public: An Introduction to the Principles and Methods of Risk Assessment (I.L. Cote et al.). Extrapolation to Humans for Neurotoxicants (D.C. Rees, J.R. Glowa). Overview of the Health Effects and Risk Assessment Issues Associated with Air Pollution (I.L. Cote, J.J. Vandenberg). Examples of Agents of Particular Concern: Developmental Neurotoxicity of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Related Compounds (H.A. Tilson, G.J. Harry). Disturbances of Brain Function by Exogeneous Cadmium (D. Sutoo). Toluene and Dopamine Transmission (G. von Euler). 9 additional articles. Index.

Editorial Reviews

Eighteen chapters are grouped in three sections. The first, on clinical and behavioral effects of common environmental insults, addresses such topics as diagnosis of neurotoxic effects of trichlorethylene in drinking water, vulnerability factors for age- related cognitive decline, environmental factors in the etiology of Alzheimer's dementia, characteristics of the nose-brain barrier, and psychological costs of chronic exposure to ambient air pollution. The second section discusses estimation of risks to the public. The third, agents of particular concern. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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