Cerebral acetylcholine and choline contents and turnover following low-dose acetylcholinesterase inhibitors treatment in rats

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 761-767

  Shih, Tsung Ming ^a   Scremin, Oscar U ^b,c   Roch, Margareth ^b   Huynh, Ly ^b   Sun, Wei ^b   Jenden, Donald J ^c  

^a US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine metabolism; Nerve agent; Pyridostigmine; Sarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DEUTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFUNDIBULUM; LD 50; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MESENCEPHALON; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNTHESIS; TURNOVER TIME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; MALE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SARIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33751430959     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0101-5     Document Type: Article

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