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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The History of Environmental and Occupational Neurotoxicology; Historical Background; Toxicology; Occupational Medicine; Conservation, Ecology, and The Environment; Epidemiology; Environmental Medicine; Consumerism; Psychology; The Birth of Behavioral Toxicology; Conclusions; Part I: FUNDAMENTALS AND TECHNIQUES; 1 Main Components of the Nervous System; The Central Nervous System; The Peripheral Nervous System; The Autonomic Nervous System

Computer-Based Testing ProceduresIssues Related to Psychometric Testing; Conclusions; 5 Electrophysiological Procedures; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials; Event-Related Potentials; Electromyography; Nerve Conduction Velocity Studies; Oculography; Other Techniques; Conclusions; 6 Imaging of the Nervous System; X-Ray-Based Techniques; Echoencephalography; Isotope Scanning; Computer-Assisted Tomography; Positron Emission Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Brain Electrical Activity; Infrared Imaging; Other Imaging Techniques; Conclusions

Part II: NEUROTOXIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND DRUGS7 The Neurotoxic Environment; Definitions; Neurotoxic Agents in the Human Habitat; Classification of Neurotoxic Agents; Groupings; Conclusions; 8 Classification of Neurotoxic Substances; Classification by Victim's Occupation; Classification by Neuropathological Changes to Gross Morphology; Classification by Neuropathological Alterations at the Cellular Level; Neuropharmacological Classification; Part III: PHARMACOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; 9 Absorption, Distribution, and Excretion of Neurotoxic Agents; Absorption; Distribution

ReceptorsExcretion and Biotransformation; Blood Lead Levels as a Predictor of Neurotoxicity; Tolerance; Conclusions; 10 Toxicology and the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; The Language of Toxicology; The Language of Environmental and Occupational Health; 11 Occupational History; Information Contained in the Occupational History; Occupational Analysis; Conclusions; Part IV: METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS; 12 The Epidemiological Study of Neurotoxic Diseases; Epidemiology Defined; The Widening Perspectives of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology; Research Plans and Study Designs

The Neuroendocrine SystemConclusions; 2 The Neurobiology of Neurotoxic Disease; Changing Views of Neurotoxic Illness; The Functional Organization of the Nervous System at the Cellular and Molecular Level; Neurotoxic Agents and Neurotransmission; Conclusion; 3 The Clinical Neurological Examination; The Examination; Examination of Mental Status; Terms; 4 Psychometric Techniques; Background; Representative Tests; Comprehensive Batteries for the Adult; Comprehensive Batteries for Children; Administration of Comprehensive Batteries; Experimental Psychometric Tests