Main description:

Alternative Methods in Neurotoxicology, Volume Nine, the latest release in this series, provides an overview of important in vitro and non-vertebrate animal models available to study the neurotoxicity of a range of toxicants of occupational and environmental relevance. Chapters in this new release include Evaluation of mitochondrial function in neurotoxicology using alternative models, Planarians as a model to study neurotoxic agents, Role of Drosophila melanogaster in neurotoxicology studies: Responses to different harmful substances, Neurotoxicology of metals and metallic nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans, Neurotoxicology of environmental toxicants using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model, Nauphoeta cinerea as an emerging model in neurotoxicology, and more.

Other chapters cover Human Neural Stem Cells in Developmental Neurotoxicology: Current Scenario and Future Prospects, Use of Drosophila melanogaster for advances in developmental neurotoxicology studies, 3D neurospheres and neurotoxicity of organophosphorus and TCE, Genetic factors in methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity: what we have learned from Caenorhabditis elegans models, and more.

Contents:

Preface
Joao Batista Rocha, Michael Aschner and Lucio G. Costa
1. Evaluation of mitochondrial function in neurotoxicology using alternative models
Cristiane L. Dalla Corte
2. Planarians as a model to study neurotoxic agents
Eva-Maria Collins
3. Role of Drosophila melanogaster in neurotoxicology studies: Responses to different harmful substances
Marina Prigol
4. Neurotoxicology of metals and metallic nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans
Daiana Avila
5. Neurotoxicology of environmental toxicants using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model
Daiana Avila
6. Nauphoeta cinerea as an emerging model in neurotoxicology
Isaac A. Adedara
7. Human Neural Stem Cells in Developmental Neurotoxicology: Current Scenario and Future Prospects
M. Carmen Gonzalez-Caballero
8. Use of Drosophila melanogaster for advances in developmental neurotoxicology studies
Matthew D. Rand
9. 3D neurospheres and neurotoxicity of organophosphorus and TCE
Mohamed Salama
10. Genetic factors in methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity: what we have learned from Caenorhabditis elegans models.
Tao Ke
11. Usefulness of Drosophila in studying PD and role of natural plant products
Yasir Hasan Siddique
12. Neurotoxicity of Copper in Drosophila melanogaster
Amos Abolaji