Percutaneous exposure to VX: Clinical signs, effects on brain acetylcholine levels and EEG

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-317

  Joosen, Marloes J A ^a   Van Der Schans, Marcel J ^a   Van Helden, Herman P M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

O ethyl S (2 diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothioate ; Acetylcholine; Brain microdialysis; Choline; EEG; Hairless guinea pig; Percutaneous exposure; VX

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; EXPOSURE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASTICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SALIVATION; SEIZURE; SHIVERING; SKIN; SURVIVAL TIME; TREMOR; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 38349156961     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9508-5     Document Type: Article

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