Neurotoxicity

Neurotoxicity has become a major impetus in world health, with a variety of governmental and private agencies (e.g., EPA) involved in the study of the medical and behavioral results of the condition. Aschner and Costa, in their text titled The Role of Glia in Neurotoxicity (2005), relate neurotoxic injury of immune-related (a) microglia, a type of glia progenitor cell ensitive to chemicals, and (b) astrocytes, a glia cell sensitive to physical trauma and heavy metals, to a variety of degenerative conditions that include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Neurotoxicity is a also factor in traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) include external causes (e.g., environmental chemicals and electricity) as causes of TBI, making at least some neurotoxic sufferers of MCS/ES eligible for funding through the Brain Injury Association (BIA).

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