The effects of pyridostigmine bromide and permethrin, alone or in combination, on response acquisition in male and female rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 739-746

  Van Haaren, Frans ^a   Cody, Bethany ^a   Hoy, James B ^a   Karlix, Janet L ^a   Schmidt, Charles J ^a   Tebbett, Ian R ^b   Wielbo, Donna ^b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase inhibition; Gulf War Illness; Learning; Lever press; Male and female rats; Permethrin; Pyridostigmine bromide; Response acquisition; Synergism

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033883063     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(00)00282-3     Document Type: Article

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