Mechanisms of muscular electrophysiological and mitochondrial dysfunction following exposure to malathion, an organophosphorus pesticide

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-263

  Karami Mohajeri, S ^a,b   Hadian, M R ^a   Fouladdel, S ^a   Azizi, E ^a   Ghahramani, M H ^a   Hosseini, R ^a   Abdollahi, M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

electromyography; Malathion; mechanistic toxicology; mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes; muscle; organophosphate; organophosphorus; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALATHION; MECHANISTIC TOXICOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATORY CHAIN ENZYMES; MUSCLE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 9; CELL DEATH; CYTOCHROMES C; DEOXYGUANOSINE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX II; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GLYCOGEN; INSECTICIDES; LACTIC ACID; MALATHION; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84893925347     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113493300     Document Type: Article

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