A comparison of the effects of single and repeated exposure to an organophosphate insecticide on acetylcholinesterase activity in mammals

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1857-1863

  Long, Sara M ^a   Dawson, Alistair ^a   Shore, Richard F ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibition; Cytochrome P450; Organophosphate pesticides; Repeated exposure; Wild mammals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CYTOCHROME P450; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES; REPEATED EXPOSURE; WILD MAMMALS;

INSECTICIDES;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIMETHOATE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MICE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750558360     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-533R.1     Document Type: Article

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