Neurotoxicity and mode of action of N, N-diethyl-Meta-toluamide (DEET)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Swale, Daniel R ^a,b   Sun, Baonan ^a   Tong, Fan ^a   Bloomquist, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCIUM; CHLORPHENAMIDINE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; LIDOCAINE; OCTOPAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPOXUR; SODIUM CHANNEL; TOLUENE; INSECT REPELLENT; NEUROTOXIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HOUSE FLY; IC 50; INSECT CELL; LETHALITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; SYNAPSE; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIREFLY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; RAT; SF9 CELL LINE; SPODOPTERA; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DEET; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREFLIES; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MAMMALS; NEUROTOXINS; OCTOPAMINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SF9 CELLS; SPODOPTERA; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84905457077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103713     Document Type: Article

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