Selective Neurotoxicity

Cellular and Subcellular Targets of Neurotoxins: The Concept of Selective Vulnerability.- Protective Barriers in the Peripheral Nervous System to Neurotoxic Agents.- Protective Barriers in the Nervous System Against Neurotoxic Agents: The Blood-Brain Barrier.- Kinetic and Metabolic Disorders of Axoplasmic Transport Induced by Neurotoxic Agents.- Metabolic Disorders as Consequences of Drug-Induced Energy Deficits.- Neurotoxic Synthesis by Enzymatic Error.- Neurotropic Carcinogenesis.- Neurotoxic Phenylalkylamines and Indolealkylamines.- Toxins Affecting the Cholinergic System.- Mechanisms of 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine Induced Destruction of Dopaminergic Neurons.- Tetanus and Botulinum Neurotoxins.- Capsaicin: Selective Toxicity for Thin Primary Sensory Neurons.- Excitotoxins, Glutamate Receptors, and Excitotoxicity.- Convulsants and Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Receptors.- Convulsants Acting at the Inhibitory Glycine Receptor.- Peptide Toxins Acting on the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor.- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Low Molecular Weight Toxins.- Neurotoxic Agents Interacting with the Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor.- Peptide Toxins that Alter Neurotransmitter Release.- Sodium Channel Specific Neurotoxins: Recent Advances in the Understanding of Their Molecular Mechanisms.- Potassium Channel Toxins.- Calcium Channel Toxins.- ADP-Ribosylation of Signal-Transducing Guanine Nucleotide Binding Proteins by Cholera and Pertussis Toxin.- Clostridium botulinum C2 Toxin and C. botulinum C3 ADP-Ribosyltransferase.