title: Assessment of mercury neurotoxicity through psychometric and neurobehavioral testing: session summary.
abstract: Neurobehavioral disorders are well-recognized among the adverse health effects of exposure to mercury. The effort to characterize these effects in animals and humans has progressed steadily over several decades. This has included a variety of study designs, and employed a variety of measurement techniques to evaluate exposure of individuals and populations. The Twelfth International Neurotoxicology Conference, Neurotoxicity of Mercury: Indicators and Effects of Low-Level Exposure, included a plenary session on the predictive value of psychometric and neurobehavioral testing of animals and humans in assessing neurotoxic effects. This session provided a broad view of the methods currently in use to measure adverse effects on the nervous system, in particular those effects that might be attributed to mercury exposure.
authors.affiliation: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Amler
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008628:Mercury / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D008628:Mercury