Using MRI for the assessment of paraoxon-induced brain damage and efficacy of antidotal treatment

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 409-416

  Rosman, Yossi ^a,b   Eisenkraft, Arik ^c   Krivoy, Amir ^a,d   Schein, Ophir ^a   Makarovski, Igor ^a,e   Shrot, Shai ^a   Ramaty, Erez ^a   Shilderman, Eugenia Bloch ^f   Kapon, Joseph ^f   Gilat, Eran ^f   Kadar, Tamar ^f   Maier, Stephan ^g   Daniels, Dianne ^b,d   Shneor, Ran ^b   Salomon, Sharona ^b   Tamar, Gregori ^b   Last, David ^b   Mardor, Yael ^b,d  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Ministry of Defence Government of Israel   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DWMRI; Midazolam; MRI; Organophosphate; Paraoxon; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ATROPINE; MIDAZOLAM; OBIDOXIME; PARAOXON; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ATROPINE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATORS; GABA MODULATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; OBIDOXIME CHLORIDE; PARAOXON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84860414471     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1715     Document Type: Article

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