Different inhibition of acetylcholinesterase in selected parts of the rat brain following intoxication with VX and Russian VX

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Hajek, Petr ^a   Bajgar, Jiri ^b   Slizova, Dasa ^a   Krs, Otakar ^a   Kuca, Kamil ^b   Capek, Lukas ^c   Fusek, Josef ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Brain parts; Inhibition in vivo; Quantitative histochemistry; Rat; Russian VX; VX

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER; NERVE GAS; RUSSIAN VX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; S (N,N DIETHYLAMINOETHYL) ISOBUTYL METHYLPHOSPHOTHIOLATE; S-(N,N-DIETHYLAMINOETHYL) ISOBUTYL METHYLPHOSPHOTHIOLATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LD 50; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LETHAL DOSE 50; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 69449087766     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01480540802391062     Document Type: Article

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