Pesticide and Venom Neurotoxicity [Paperback]

General Introduction.- Section I Sites of Neurotoxic Action in Insects.- The Insect Central Nervous System as a Site of Action of Neurotoxicants.- Acetylcholine Receptors: Purification, Structure, and Interaction with Insecticides.- Isomeric Forms of Acetylcholinesterase.- Novel Inhibitors of Insect Choline Acetyltransferase and Their Effects on Synaptic Transmission at an Insect Cholinergic Synapse.- Insecticide-Induced Release of Neurosecretory Hormones.- The Insect Neuromuscular System as a Site of Insecticide Action.- Section II Neurotoxic Actions of Synthetic Insecticides and Acaricides.- Neurophysiological Study of the Structure  Activity Relations of Insecticides.- Toxicities of ?-BHC and Related Compounds.- Nitromethylene Heterocycles as Insecticides.- The House Fly Metabolism of Nitromethylene Insecticides.- The Cardiovascular Toxicity of Chlordimeform: A Local Anesthetic-Like Action.- Formamidine Pesticides  Actions in Insects and Acarines.- Formamidine Pesticides  Metabolic Aspects of Neurotoxicity.- Section III Neurotoxic Actions of Arthropod Venoms.- Effects and Chemical Characterization of Some Paralyzing Venoms of Solitary Wasps.- Chemistry, Specificity, and Action of Arthropod Toxic Proteins Derived from Scorpion Venoms.- Ant Venoms: A Study of Venom Diversity.- Actions of Some Neurotoxic Proteins of Black Widow Spider Venom 2.Springer Book Archives