Neurochemical and electrophysiological diagnosis of reversible neurotoxicity in earthworms exposed to sublethal concentrations of CL-20

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Gong, Ping ^a   Basu, Niladri ^b   Scheuhammer, Anton M ^c   Perkins, Edward J ^d  

^a SpecPro Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Earthworm (Eisenia fetida); Electrophysiological recording; Giant nerve fiber; Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL 20); Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR); Reversible neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXANITRO 2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXAAZA ISOWURTZITANE; 2,4,6,8,10,12-HEXANITRO-2,4,6,8,10,12-HEXAAZA-ISOWURTZITANE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOGENIC AMINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; EXPLOSIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONDUCTIVITY; EARTHWORM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LD 50; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; AZA COMPOUNDS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LETHAL DOSE 50; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NEUROTOXINS; OLIGOCHAETA; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M3; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 73949086140     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0117-5     Document Type: Article

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