Changes of cholinesterase activities in the rat blood and brain after sarin intoxication pretreated with butyrylcholinesterase

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-359

  Bajgar, Jiri ^a,b   Bartosova, Lucie ^a   Kuca, Kamil ^a,b   Jun, Daniel ^a,b   Fusek, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Brain parts; Cholinesterases; Erythrocytes; Plasma; Sarin; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; SARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SARIN;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 35348858877     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01480540701522395     Document Type: Article

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