Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotection - Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience
January 11th, 2010Neuroscience“Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotection”, the latest issue ofDialogues in Clinical Neurosciences, is available online at www.dialogues-cns.org.
“The nervous system is made up of specific elements (neurons and glial cells) which are orga-nized into networks. Each of these has its own particular activity, and its functions are coordinated byvarious regulatory systems.Some parts of the nervous system are characterized by their plasticity, and consequently theircapacity to respond in an adaptive fashion to events (both positive and negative). These events cantake the form either of an attack against the nerve cells (neurotoxicity) or of protection of these cells(neuroprotection).They may result from pathologies (depression, delusional syndromes, neurodegenerative dis-eases) or they may be linked to the action of either therapeutic agents (antidepressant medicationswith a neuroprotective action, for example) or to that of toxic agents (drug abuse)…” Read more »









