Neurotoxicity of Metals

Part I. Developmental Neurotoxicity

1. Developmental Neurotoxicity of Lead
Samuel Caito, Michael Aschner

2. Manganese and Developmental Neurotoxicity
Roberto Lucchini, Donatella Placidi, Giuseppa Cagna, Chiara Fedrighi, Manuela Oppini, Marco Peli, Silvia Zoni

3. Inherited Disorders of Manganese Metabolism
Charles E. Zogzas, Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay

Part II. Neurodegenerative Disorders

4. Chemical Speciation of Selenium and Mercury as Determinant of Their Neurotoxicity
C. S. Oliveira, B. C. Piccoli, M. Aschner, J. B. T. Rocha

5. Metals and Paraoxonases
Lucio G. Costa, Toby B. Cole, Jacqueline M. Garrick, Judit Marsillach, Clement E. Furlong

6. Manganese and the Insulin-IGF Signaling Network in Huntington’s Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders
Miles R. Bryan, Aaron B. Bowman

7. Occupational Metal Exposure and Parkinsonism
W. Michael Caudle

8. Inflammatory Activation of Microglia and Astrocytes in Manganese Neurotoxicity
Ronald B. Tjalkens, Katriana A. Popichak, Kelly A. Kirkley

9. Aluminum and Alzheimer’s Disease
Maria Teresa Colomina, Fiona Peris-Sampedro

10. Copper and Alzheimer’s Disease
Zoe K. Mathys, Anthony R. White

11. Uranium and the Central Nervous System: What Should We Learn from Recent New Tools and Findings?
Céline Dinocourt

12. Neurotoxicity of Metal Mixtures
V. M. Andrade, M. Aschner, A. P. Marreilha dos Santos

13. Methylmercury-Induced Neurotoxicity: Focus on Pro-oxidative Events and Related Consequences
Marcelo Farina, Michael Aschner

14. Neurotoxicity of Vanadium
Hilary Afeseh Ngwa, Muhammet Ay, Huajun Jin, Vellareddy Anantharam, Arthi Kanthasamy, Anumantha G. Kanthasamy

15. Neurotoxicity of Zinc
Deborah R. Morris, Cathy W. Levenson

16. Neurotoxicity of Copper
Felix Bulcke, Ralf Dringen, Ivo Florin Scheiber

17. Thallium Toxicity: General Issues, Neurological Symptoms, and Neurotoxic Mechanisms
Laura Osorio-Rico, Abel Santamaria, Sonia Galván-Arzate

18. Neurodegeneration Induced by Metals in Caenorhabditis elegans

Felix Antunes Soares, Daiandra Almeida Fagundez, Daiana Silva Avila

Keywords: Biomedicine, Neurochemistry