The developmental neurotoxicity of organophosphorus insecticides: A direct role for the oxon metabolites

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-93

  Flaskos, John ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlorpyrifos oxon; Developmental neurotoxicity; Diazoxon; Organophosphorus ester; Oxon metabolite; Phosphorothionate insecticide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ARYLESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DIMPYLATE; DNA; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN KINASE C;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESULFURIZATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84855170541     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.11.026     Document Type: Review

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