Effects of sarin on temperature and activity of rats as a model for Gulf War Syndrome neuroregulatory functions

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-81

  Conn, Carole A ^a   Dokladny, Karol ^a   Ménache, Margaret G ^a   Barr, Edward B ^b   Kozak, Wieslaw ^c   Kozak, Anna ^c   Wachulec, Maceij ^c   Rudolph, Karin ^b   Kluger, Matthew J ^c   Henderson, Rogene F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticholinesterase; Heat stress; Subclinical exposure; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; SARIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPOSURE; HEAT STRESS; HOUSING; INHALATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; RAT; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION; TREMOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036424558     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-008X(02)99496-2     Document Type: Article

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