Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase in different structures of the rat brain following soman intoxication pretreated with huperzine A

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1165-1176

  Bajgar, Jiri ^a   Hajek, Petr ^b   Karasova, Jana ^a   Slizova, Dasa ^b   Krs, Otakar ^b   Kuca, Kamil ^a,c   Jun, Daniel ^a,c   Fusek, Josef ^a   Capek, Lukas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Huperzine A; Pretreatment; Rat brain parts; Soman

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; HUPERZINE A; SOMAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 36849067932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/i8111165     Document Type: Article

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