1. Guidance on Good Cell Culture Practice (GCCP)Anna Bal-Price and Sandra Coecke2. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs): An Emerging Model System for the Study of Human NeurotoxicologyM. Diana Neely, Andrew M. Tidball, Asad A. Aboud, Kevin C. Ess, and Aaron B. Bowman3. Neural Stem CellsRoshan Tofighi, Christoffer Tamm, Michaela Moors, and Sandra Ceccatelli4. Primary Cultures for Neurotoxicity TestingCarme Solà, Rosa Cristòfol, Cristina Suñol, and Coral Sanfeliu5. Preparation and Use of Serum-Free Aggregating Brain Cell Cultures for Routine Neurotoxicity ScreeningPaul Honegger and Marie-Gabrielle Zurich6. Cell Culture to Investigate Neurotoxicity and Neurodegeneration Utilizing Caenorhabditis elegans Michelle L. Tucci, Guy A. Caldwell, and Kim A. Caldwell7. Modeling the Blood-Brain BarrierMarie-Pierre Dehouck, Elodie Vandenhaute, Lucie Dehouck, Emmanuel Sevin, Anne-Marie Lenfant, Yannick Delplace, Dorothée Hallier-Vanuxeem, Maxime Culot, and Roméo Cecchelli8. In vitro Models of the Blood-C erebrospinal Fluid Barrier and T heir Use in Neurotoxicological ResearchNathalie Strazielle and Jean-François Ghersi-Egea9. Introducing Cloned Genes into Cultured Neurons Providing Novel In vitro Models for Neuropathology and Neurotoxicity StudiesMarcelo Farina, Jordi Berenguer, Sebastián Pons, João Batista Teixeira da Rocha, and Michael Aschner10. P19 Embryonic Carcinoma Cell Line: A Model To Study Gene-Environment InteractionsJoseph Bressler, Cliona O'Driscoll, Cathleen Marshall, and Walter Kaufmann11. Signal Transduction and Neurotoxicity: What Can We Learn from Experimental Culture Systems?Lucio G. Costa, Gennaro Giordano, and Marina Guizzetti12. Neurite Degeneration in Human Neuronal SH-SY5Y Cells as an Indicator of AxonopathyAnna Forsby13. The Use of Differentiating N2a and C6 Cell Lines for Studies of Organophosphate ToxicityAlan J. Hargreaves, Magda Sachana, and John Flaskos14. Assessing Toxic Injuries of Experimental Therapeutics to the Crystalline Lens Using Lens Explant CultureMichael D. Aleo15. Necrosis, Apoptosis, and Autophagy: Mechanisms of Neuronal and Glial Cell DeathMichael Fricker and Aviva M. Tolkovsky16. Inflammation and Reactive Oxygen/Nitrogen Species in Glial/Neuronal CulturesJonas J. Neher, Guy C. Brown, Agnieszka Kinsner-Ovaskainen, and Anna Bal-Price17. Neuronal Oxidative Injury and Biomarkers of Lipid PeroxidationDejan Milatovic and Michael Aschner18. Analysis of Protein Targets by Oxidative Stress Using the Oxyblot and Biotin-Avidin-Capture MethodologyJeannette N. Stankowski, Simona G. Codreanu, Daniel C. Liebler, and BethAnn McLaughlin19. Catecholaminergic Cell Lines for the Study of Dopamine Metabolism and NeurotoxicityJuan Segura-Aguilar20. 13 C NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Intermediary Metabolism in Cultured Neural CellsUrsula Sonnewald, Arne Schousboe, and Helle S. Waagepetersen21. Culture Models for the Study of Amino Acid Transport and MetabolismMarta Sidoryk-Wegrzynowicz and Michael Aschner22. Neurotransmitter Transporters and Anticonvulsant Drug DevelopmentArne Schousboe, Karsten K. Madsen, and H. Steve White23. Ion Channel Electrophysiology in Cultured NeuronsToshio Narahashi24. Neurotoxicity Assessment by Recording Electrical Activity from Neuronal Networks on Microelectrode Array NeurochipsDieter G. Weiss25. GABA A Receptor Binding and Ion Channel Function in Primary Neuronal Cultures for Neuropharmacology/Neurotoxicity TestingCristina Suñol and Daniel A. García... Mehr