An attempt to assess functionally minimal acetylcholinesterase activity necessary for survival of rats intoxicated with nerve agents

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 281-285

  Bajgar, Jiri ^a   Fusek, Josef ^a   Kassa, Jiri ^a   Jun, Daniel ^a,b   Kuca, Kamil ^a,b   Hajek, Petr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Brain parts; Minimal activity; Nerve agents; Rat; Sarin; Soman; VX

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER; NERVE GAS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; SARIN; SOMAN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTOXICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SURVIVAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 50649104174     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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