RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
A1 Prasad, Sashank
SR Print(0)
ID 1162599021
T1 Disorders of the Nervous System Caused by Alcohol, Drugs, Toxins, and Chemical Agents
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071842617
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162599021
RD 2024/04/19
AB Subsumed  under  this  title  is  a  diverse  group  of  disorders  of  the  nervous  system  that  result  from  alcohol,  drugs,  and  other  injurious  or  poisonous  substances.  The  neurologist  must  be  concerned  with  the  myriad  of  chemical  agents  that  may  adversely  affect  the  nervous  system;  they  abound  in  the  environment  as  household  products,  insecticides,  industrial  solvents,  and  other  poisons,  as  well  as  substances  that  may  have  therapeutic  value  but  are  used  for  their  “recreational”  psychotropic  effects,  or  are  conventional  medications  with  known  toxic  effects.  Also  among  the  neurotoxins  are  those  generated  by  bacteria  and  other  infectious  organisms,  as  well  as  toxins  found  in  nature,  such  as  marine  toxins.  Together,  the  effect  of  these  agents  and  toxins  on  the  nervous  system  constitutes  the  field  of  neurotoxicology.