Combined approach to demonstrate acetylcholinesterase activity changes in the rat brain following tabun intoxication and its treatment

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiri Bajgar ◽  
Petr Hajek ◽  
Jiri Kassa ◽  
Dasa Slizova ◽  
Otakar Krs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rat Brain ◽  
Acetylcholinesterase Activity ◽  
Combined Approach

Carbaryl-induced elevation of corticosterone level and cholinergic mechanism

1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 973-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Ray ◽  
M. K. Poddar
Keyword(s):  
Single Dose ◽  
Adrenal Gland ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Corticosterone Level ◽  
Acetylcholinesterase Activity ◽  
Plasma Corticosterone ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
Atropine Sulphate ◽  
Transaminase Activity ◽  
Cholinergic Mechanism

Administration of a single dose (200 mg/kg, p.o.) of carbaryl to rats produced a significant rise in adrenal and plasma corticosterone levels and an increase of tyrosine α-ketoglutarate transaminase activity in the liver cytosot. Synaptosomal acetylcholinesterase activity of the hypothalamic and the striatal regions of rat brain was decreased by carbaryl treatment under similar conditions. Pretreatment (0.5 h) with atropine sulphate (10 mg/kg, i.p.) failed to counteract the carbaryl-induced elevation of adrenal and plasma corticosterone levels and hence the liver tyrosine α-ketoglutarate transaminase activity. Present results suggest that the carbaryl-induced rise in the corticosterone level in the adrenal gland and plasma is not due to a cholinergic mechanism.

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