Alternative Methods in Neurotoxicology

<p>Preface</p> <p>Joao Batista Rocha, Michael Aschner and Lucio G. Costa</p> <p>1. Assessment of mitochondrial function in neurotoxicology using alternative model organisms</p> <p>Gonçalves, D.F., Michelotti, P, da Silva A.F., Soares, F.A.A. and Dalla Corte, C.L.</p> <p>2. Planarians as a model to study neurotoxic agents</p> <p>Danielle Ireland and Eva-Maria S. Collins</p> <p>3. The role of Drosophila melanogaster in neurotoxicology studies: Responses to different harmful substances</p> <p>Mustafa Munir Mustafa Dahleh and Marina Prigol</p> <p>4. Neurotoxicology of metals and metallic nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans</p> <p>Danielle Araujo Agarrayua, Aline Castro Silva, Nariani Rocha Saraiva, Ana Thalita Soares, Michael Aschner and Daiana Silva Ávila</p> <p>5. Neurotoxicology of organic environmental toxicants using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model</p> <p>Marcell Valandro Soares, Gabriel Pedroso Viçozzi, Eugenia Carla Kuhn, Ann-Kathrin Weishaupt, Laura Kubens, Julia Bornhorst and Daiana Silva Avila</p> <p>6. Nauphoeta cinerea as an emerging model in neurotoxicology</p> <p>Isaac A. Adedara, Khadija A. Mohammed, Julia Canzian, Denis B. Rosemberg, Michael Aschner, Ebenezer O. Farombi and Joao B. T. Rocha</p> <p>7. Human neural stem cells in developmental neurotoxicology: Current scenario and future prospects</p> <p>Andreea Rosca, Raquel Coronel, Victoria Lopez, Isabel Liste and M. Carmen González-Caballero</p> <p>8. Perspectives for advancing neurotoxicity studies with Drosophila</p> <p>Catherine R. Beamish, Adwitia Dey, Souvarish Sarkar and Matthew D. Rand</p> <p>9. Genetic factors in methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity: What have we learned from Caenorhabditis elegans models?</p> <p>Tao Ke, Fernando Barbosa Junior, Abel Santamaria, Aaron B. Bowman and Michael Aschner</p> <p>10. Usefulness of Drosophila in studying Parkinson’s disease and role of natural plant products</p> <p>Himanshi Varshney and Yasir Hasan Siddique</p> <p>11. Neurotoxicity of iron (Fe) in Drosophila and the protective roles of natural products</p> <p>Kehinde D. Fasae, Olugbenga Adeyemi, Hameed O. Faleke and Amos O. Abolaji</p>