Neurotoxicology and Teratology

期刊简介：Neurotoxicology and Teratology provides a forum for publishing new information regarding the effects of chemical and physical agents on the developing, adult or aging nervous system. In this context, the fields of neurotoxicology and teratology include studies of agent-induced alterations of nervous system function, with a focus on behavioral outcomes and their underlying physiological and neurochemical mechanisms. The Journal publishes original, peer-reviewed Research Reports of experimental, clinical, and epidemiological studies that address the neurotoxicity and/or functional teratology of pesticides, solvents, heavy metals, nanomaterials, organometals, industrial compounds, mixtures, drugs of abuse, pharmaceuticals, animal and plant toxins, atmospheric reaction products, and physical agents such as radiation and noise. These reports include traditional mammalian neurotoxicology experiments, human studies, studies using non-mammalian animal models, and mechanistic studies in vivo or in vitro. Special Issues, Reviews, Commentaries, Meeting Reports, and Symposium Papers provide timely updates on areas that have reached a critical point of synthesis, on aspects of a scientific field undergoing rapid change, or on areas that present special methodological or interpretive problems. Theoretical Articles address concepts and potential mechanisms underlying actions of agents of interest in the nervous system. The Journal also publishes Brief Communications that concisely describe a new method, technique, apparatus, or experimental result.

【译文】神经毒理学与畸胎学提供了一个发表关于化学和物理因素对发育中、成年或衰老的神经系统影响的新信息的论坛。在这个背景下，神经毒理学和畸胎学的领域包括研究由因素引起的神经系统功能改变，重点关注行为结果及其潜在的生理和神经化学机制。该期刊发表原创、同行评审的研究报告，包括实验、临床和流行病学研究，这些研究涉及杀虫剂、溶剂、重金属、纳米材料、有机金属、工业化合物、混合物、滥用药物、药物、动物和植物毒素、大气反应产物以及辐射和噪音等物理因素的神经毒性和/或功能性畸胎学。这些报告包括传统的哺乳动物神经毒理学实验、人类研究、使用非哺乳动物动物模型的研究以及体内或体外机制研究。特别问题、评论、会议报告和专题论文提供了在达到综合关键点、科学领域快速变化方面或存在特殊方法或解释问题的领域的及时更新。理论文章讨论了神经系统感兴趣因素的潜在作用概念和机制。该期刊还发表简报，简要描述了一种新的方法、技术、设备或实验结果。