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Developmental Neurotoxicology in the Neonate - Effects of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Organic Substances

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Toxicology - From Cells to Man

Part of the book series: Archives of Toxicology ((TOXICOLOGY,volume 18))

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During the development of an organism, there are periods which can be critical for its normal maturation. Vulnerable periods during the ontogenesis of the central nervous system (CNS) can be roughly divided into two main courses of events in the development of the brain. The first includes its early development, a period during which the general shape of the adult brain is acquired and the spongioblasts and neuroblasts, precursors of glia cells and neurons, respectively, multiply. Interference by xenobiotics during this period can cause malformation of the brain.

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  1. Department of Environmental Toxicology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 A, S-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden

    P. Eriksson

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  1. Interkantonale Kontrollstelle für Heilmittel, Erlachstrasse 8, CH-3000, Bern 9, Switzerland

    Jürg P. Seiler

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Charles University of Prague, 3rd Medical School, Ruská 87, Czech Republic

    Olga Kroftová

  3. Department of Pharmacology, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Karlovarská 48, CZ-30166, Pilsen, Czech Republic

    Vladislav Eybl

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Eriksson, P. (1996). Developmental Neurotoxicology in the Neonate - Effects of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Organic Substances. In: Seiler, J.P., Kroftová, O., Eybl, V. (eds) Toxicology - From Cells to Man. Archives of Toxicology, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61105-6_9

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