Overview

Recent advances in neuroscience – the study of the mechanisms within the brain that underlie our behaviours and what happens when these go wrong – have been profound. However, benignly intended neurological research that seeks to understand dysfunction in the central nervous system (CNS) could be misused, for example in the development of novel CNS-acting chemical agent weapons for use in armed conflict and also in repression of civilian populations. This book follows a 3-step Holistic Arms Control approach: examining the (bio)chemical agents and relevant physiological systems they affect, as well as associated dual-use technologies that need to be regulated; analysing a range of potentially applicable international law, international arms control, disarmament and other instruments, and attendant control regimes constraining misuse; and finally providing a strategy to strengthen existing regulatory mechanisms as well as suggest new measures to prevent the misuse of the neurosciences and associated dual-use technologies without limiting the widespread health and other societal benefits that flow from their benign application. Suitable for biochemists and researchers in the areas of neuroscience, neurochemistry, and neuropharmacology, this book will also be of interest for those working in arms control, disarmament and related legal fields, as well as forensic medicine and toxicology.

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Author:   Michael Crowley (University of Bradford, UK) ,  Malcolm Dando (University of Bradford, UK) ,  Filippa Lentzos (KCL, UK)
Publisher:   Royal Society of Chemistry
Imprint:   Royal Society of Chemistry
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.956kg
ISBN:  

9781837671342

ISBN 10:   1837671346
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   24 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Neuroscience and the Future of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Disarmament and Arms Control Regime Malign Application of Neuroscience and Related Fields 21st Century Advances in Understanding of Basic Survival Circuits of the Brain Disrupting Circuits of the Higher Central Nervous System Advances in Other Science and Technology Relevant to Hostile Misuse of CNS-acting Chemicals The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and Preventing the Weaponization of CNS-acting Chemicals The Chemical Weapons Convention and Preventing the Weaponization of CNS-acting Chemicals International Human Rights Law Constraining the Weaponization of CNS-acting Chemical Agents International Humanitarian Law Applicable to CNS-acting Chemical Agent Weapons Application of the United Nations Drug Control Conventions to CNS-acting Chemical Agent Weapons The Scientific and Medical Communities’ Role in Preventing Weaponization of CNS-acting Chemical Agents and Broader Misuse of Neuroscience Conclusions and Recommendations

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