Pesticide and Venom Neurotoxicity

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
General Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Introduction....Pages 5-6
The Insect Central Nervous System as a Site of Action of Neurotoxicants....Pages 7-26
Acetylcholine Receptors: Purification, Structure and Interaction with Insecticides....Pages 27-42
Isozymic Forms of Acetylcholinesterase....Pages 43-62
Novel Inhibitors of Insect Choline Acetyltransferase and Their Effects on Synaptic Transmission at an Insect Cholinergic Synapse....Pages 63-82
Insecticide-Induced Release of Neurosecretory Hormones....Pages 83-93
The Insect Neuromuscular System as a Site of Insecticide Action....Pages 95-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Introduction....Pages 115-117
Neurophysiological Study of the Structure-Activity Relations of Insecticides....Pages 119-131
Toxicities of γ-BHC and Related Compounds....Pages 133-151
Nitromethylene Heterocycles as Insecticides....Pages 153-158
The House Fly Metabolism of Nitromethylene Insecticides....Pages 159-169
The Cardiovascular Toxicity of Chlordimeform: A Local Anesthetic-Like Action....Pages 171-177
Formamidine Pesticides-Actions in Insects and Acarines....Pages 179-188
Formamidine Pesticides — Metabolic Aspects of Neurotoxicity....Pages 189-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Introduction....Pages 209-209
Effects and Chemical Characterization of Some Paralysing Venoms of Solitary Wasps....Pages 211-226
Chemistry, Specificity and Action of Arthropod Toxic Proteins Derived from Scorpion Venoms....Pages 227-246
Ant Venoms: A Study of Venom Diversity....Pages 247-263
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Actions of Some Neurotoxic Proteins of Black Widow Spider Venom....Pages 265-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-284