Description: Introduction to Neurobehavioral Toxicology: Food and Environment examines the effects of chemicals on the central and peripheral nervous system and the subsequent changes in behavior, with a focus on the toxicity of food components and behavioral effects of environmental toxicants. Topics addressed include acute and chronic effects, reversible and irreversible consequences, functional disorders of the nervous system, neurobehavioral dysfunctions, and the underlying neurobiological mechanisms. It also presents the neurobehavioral effects of natural food components, food contaminants, and food additives and assesses neurotoxic hazards of food-related chemicals, natural food factors, and neurotoxic food contaminants and additives.
Review Quotes: "The contributors are well-recognized experts in their fields. The book also has an extensive glossary, a descriptive table of neuropsychological tests, a two-page list of abbreviations, and an index... timely, well-balanced reviews and commentary... The overview in this section (Chapter 11) is thorough and well organized." -Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 76, no. 4, December 2001