Miotic tolerance to sarin vapor exposure: Role of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1041-1047

  Dabisch, Paul A ^a,b   Miller, Dennis B ^c   Reutter, Sharon A ^b   Mioduszewski, Robert J ^b   Thomson, Sandra A ^b  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Miosis; Muscarinic receptors; Parasympathetic nervous system; Sarin; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; SARIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AIRFLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HYPOTHESIS; INHALATION; MALE; MIOSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAPOR;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; GASES; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIOSIS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHENTOLAMINE; PUPIL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SARIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

CAVIA PORCELLUS;

EID: 20544472592     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfi151     Document Type: Article

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