Description:The third edition of a bestseller, this book presents state-of-the-science technologies and approaches that contribute to the advancement of the field. It features alternative model systems that provide critical information on examining and understanding neurotoxicology. Updated with new chapters and illustrations, this book covers neuromorphology, the blood brain barrier, behavioral principles and phenotyping of mice, endocrine disruption, and thyroid hormone, the neuroprotective role of the immune system, adult neurogenesis, network analysis using microarray data, oxidative stress, biological processes of cell death, neurotoxins, susceptible populations, in vivo brain imaging, and more.