During the last century, advances in the life sciences were used in the development of biological and chemical weapons in large-scale state offensive programmes, many of which targeted the nervous system. This study questions whether the development of novel biological and chemical neuroweapons can be prevented as neuroscience progresses.

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Professor Dando studied Zoology at St Andrews University and, after post-doctoral research in the United States, held fellowships in Operational Research at the University of Sussex that were funded by the Ministry of Defence. At the University of Bradford he has worked on disarmament and arms control issues, particularly in regard to biological and chemical weapons, since 1993. He is a Fellow of the UK Society of Biology.

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PART I: THE PAST

1. Neuroscience and the Developments of CBW
2. The Structure and Function of the Brain
3. The CBW Non-Proliferation Regime
4. The Dual-Use Challenge
   PART II: THE PRESENT
5. Modern Civil Neuroscience
6. Novel Neuroweapons
7. Implications of Advances in Neuroscience
8. The Search for Incapacitants
9. Bioregulators and Toxins
   PART III: THE FUTURE
10. The BTWC and CWC Facing Scientific Change
11. Where are We Going?
12. The Governance of Dual-Use Neuroscience

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