The influence of sarin on various physiological functions in rats following single or repeated low-level inhalation exposure

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 517-530

  Kassa, Jiří ^a   Krejčová, Gabriela ^a   Skopec, František ^b   Herink, Josef ^a   Bajgar, Jiří ^a   Ševelová, Lucie ^a   Tichý, Miloš ^a   Pecka, Miroslav ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF TOXICOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; SARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXPOSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DNA REPLICATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIVER; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; RATS; SARIN; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142755107     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370490442494     Document Type: Article

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