Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Neurovascular Pathways to Neurodegeneration Induced by Kainic Acid (pp. 1-28)
Sumit Sarkar, James Raymick, Dushyant Mann, John F. Bowyer, Larry C. Schmued and Srinivasulu Chigurupati (Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, Jefferson, AR, USA, and others)
Chapter 2 – Expression of GluR6, A Kainate Receptor, in Human Lymphocytes (pp. 29-38)
Elena Marusich, Ph.D., Jean-Pierre Louboutin, M.D., Ph.D. and David S. Strayer, M.D., Ph.D. (Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Chapter 3 – Progress in the Synthesis of (-)-α-Kainic Acid (pp. 39-46)
Nandeo Choony, Lisa James and Courtney Rabun (Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC, USA)
Chapter 4 – Molecular Pharmacology of Environmental Neurotoxins (pp. 47-94)
Sushil Sharma (Saint James School of Medicine, Kralendijk, Bonaire (Anguilla Sub-Campus), The Netherlands)
Chapter 5 – The Effect of Kainic Acid on the Rat Brain: Histological, Electron-Microscopical and Two-Photon Microscopical Study (pp. 95-138)
Mzia G. Zhvania, Tamar G. Lordkipanidze, Maia Kiladze, Nadezhda J. Japaridze, Nato Kotaria and Tamar Z. Bikashvili (Institute of Chemical Biology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, and others)
Chapter 6 – Exposure to Kainic Acid Leads to the Development of Seizures and Memory Deficits in Rats (pp. 139-160)
Musa V. Mabandla and Lihle Qulu (School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durbin, South Africa)
Index
