Preface Joao Batista Rocha, Michael Aschner and Lucio G. Costa 1. Assessment of mitochondrial function in neurotoxicology using alternative model organisms Gonçalves, D.F., Michelotti, P, da Silva A.F., Soares, F.A.

A. and Dalla Corte, C.L. 2. Planarians as a model to study neurotoxic agents Danielle Ireland and Eva-Maria S. Collins 3. The role of Drosophila melanogaster in neurotoxicology studies: Responses to different harmful substances Mustafa Munir Mustafa Dahleh and Marina Prigol 4. Neurotoxicology of metals and metallic nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans Danielle Araujo Agarrayua, Aline Castro Silva, Nariani Rocha Saraiva, Ana Thalita Soares, Michael Aschner and Daiana Silva Ávila 5.

Neurotoxicology of organic environmental toxicants using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model Marcell Valandro Soares, Gabriel Pedroso Viçozzi, Eugenia Carla Kuhn, Ann-Kathrin Weishaupt, Laura Kubens, Julia Bornhorst and Daiana Silva Avila 6. Nauphoeta cinerea as an emerging model in neurotoxicology Isaac A. Adedara, Khadija A. Mohammed, Julia Canzian, Denis B. Rosemberg, Michael Aschner, Ebenezer O. Farombi and Joao B. T. Rocha 7.

Human neural stem cells in developmental neurotoxicology: Current scenario and future prospects Andreea Rosca, Raquel Coronel, Victoria Lopez, Isabel Liste and M. Carmen González-Caballero 8. Perspectives for advancing neurotoxicity studies with Drosophila Catherine R. Beamish, Adwitia Dey, Souvarish Sarkar and Matthew D. Rand 9. Genetic factors in methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity: What have we learned from Caenorhabditis elegans models? Tao Ke, Fernando Barbosa Junior, Abel Santamaria, Aaron B. Bowman and Michael Aschner 10. Usefulness of Drosophila in studying Parkinson's disease and role of natural plant products Himanshi Varshney and Yasir Hasan Siddique 11.

Neurotoxicity of iron (Fe) in Drosophila and the protective roles of natural products Kehinde D. Fasae, Olugbenga Adeyemi, Hameed O. Faleke and Amos O. Abolaji.