Neurotoxicity occurs when exposure to natural or artificial toxic substances, which are called neurotoxins, alters the normal activity of the nervous system in such a way as to cause damage to nervous tissue. This can eventually disrupt or even kill neurons, key cells that transmit and process signals in the brain and other parts of the nervous sy...
The tendency of some treatments to cause damage to the nervous system.
Toxicity to nervous tissue (both brain and peripheral nerves). ... (27 Sep 1997) ... 
(noor″o-tok-sis´ĭ-te) the ability to exert a destructive or poisonous effect upon nerve tissue. adj., neurotox´ic., adj.
Toxicity to the nervous system.
the degree to which a substance is poisonous to nerve tissue. · the condition resulting from exposure to a neurotoxin.