Alterations in acetylcholinesterase and electrical activity in the nervous system of cockroach exposed to the neem derivative, azadirachtin

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-208

  Shafeek, A ^a   Jaya Prasanthi, R P ^a   Hariprasad Reddy, G ^a   Chetty, C S ^b   Rajarami Reddy, G ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Azadirachtin; Electrical activity; Periplaneta americana

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AZADIRACHTIN; ION CHANNEL;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; INSECTICIDE; NEEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COCKROACH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE MEMBRANE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; INSECTICIDES; LIMONINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPLANETA;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BLATTARIA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 4344620681     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.07.016     Document Type: Article

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