Developmental toxicology.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hansen, Deborah Kay, 1952-, Abbott, Barbara D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Informa Healthcare, [2009]
Edition:Third edition /
Series:Target organ toxicology series ; v. 27.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Role of apoptosis in normal and abnormal development
  • Signal transduction pathways as targets for teratogens
  • Nutrition in developmental toxicology
  • Epigenetic mechanisms : role of DNA methylation, histone modifications, and imprinting
  • Personalized nutrition and medicine in perinatal development
  • Targeted gene changes affecting developmental toxicity
  • Use of mammalian in vitro systems, including embryonic stem cells, in developmental toxicity testing
  • Zebrafish : a nonmammalian model of developmental toxicology
  • Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling in the risk assessment of developmental toxicants
  • Integration of whole animal developmental toxicity data into risk assessment
  • Genomic approaches in developmental toxicology
  • Comparative bioinformatics and computational toxicology
  • Investigating drug effects in human pregnancy