Exposure to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors alters the physiology and motor function of honeybees

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 FEB, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Williamson, Sally M ^a   Moffat, Christopher ^b   Gomersall, Martha A E ^a   Saranzewa, Nastja ^b   Connolly, Christopher N ^b   Wright, Geraldine A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor; Aldicarb; Coumaphos; Honey Bee; Honeybee; Motor Function; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALDICARB; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COUMAFOS; DONEPEZIL; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROOMING; HONEYBEE; INTESTINE; MALAISE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE SPASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPREGULATION; WORKER (INSECT);

EID: 84883791483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00013     Document Type: Article

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