TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Toxic Responses of the Nervous System A1 - Moser, Virginia C. A1 - Aschner, Michael A1 - Richardson, Rudy J. A1 - Philbert, Martin A. A2 - Klaassen, Curtis D. A2 - Watkins III, John B. PY - 2015 T2 - Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, 3e AB - The central nervous system (CNS) is protected from the adverse effects of many potential toxicants by an anatomical blood–brain barrier.Neurons are highly dependent on aerobic metabolism because this energy is needed to maintain proper ion gradients.Individual neurotoxic compounds typically target the neuron, the axon, the myelinating cell, or the neurotransmitter system.Neuronopathy is the toxicant-induced irreversible loss of neurons, including its cytoplasmic extensions, dendrites, and axons, and the myelin ensheathing the axon.Neurotoxicants that cause axonopathies cause axonal degeneration, and loss of the myelin surrounding that axon; however, the neuron cell body remains intact.Numerous naturally occurring toxins as well as synthetic chemicals may interrupt the transmission of impulses, block or accentuate transsynaptic communication, block reuptake of neurotransmitters, or interfere with second-messenger systems. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/12/04 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1113950585 ER -