The Role of Lead in Neurotoxicity - A Recent Review

Lead in the environment rarely occurs in its elemental state but rather in its +2 oxidation state (Pb2+) in various ores throughout the earth. It Provide in the role of early environmental exposure to lead in the development of adult-onset psychiatric disorder. Knowledge of the neurotoxicology of lead has advance in recent decades do due revelations regarding mechanisms and cellular specificity of lead.