Subchronic effects following a single sarin exposure on blood-brain and blood-testes barrier permeability, acetylcholinesterase, and acetylcholine receptors in the central nervous system of rat: A dose-response study

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 695-707

  Jones, Katherine H ^a   Dechkovskaia, Anjelika M ^a   Herrick, Elizabeth A ^a   Abdel Rahman, Ali A ^a   Khan, Wasiuddin A ^a   Abou Donia, Mohamed B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034731209     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984100050195161     Document Type: Article

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