Evaluation of cognitive and biochemical effects of low-level exposure to sarin in rhesus and African green monkeys

Toxicology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-20

  Genovese, Raymond F ^a   Oubre, John L ^a   Jakubowski, E Michael ^b   Fleming, Patrick J ^a   Saxena, Ashima ^a   Rockwood, Gary A ^c   Tipparaju, Prasanthi ^a   Willmore, Catherine B ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

African green; Cognition; GB; Memory; Primate; Rhesus; Sarin; SPR

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE; SARIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RHESUS MONKEY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASES; COGNITION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SARIN;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846813589     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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