Carr RL, Chambers JE. Acute effects of the organophosphate paraoxon on schedule-controlled behavior and esterase activity in rats: dose-response relationships.
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1991;
40:929-36. [PMID:
1816579 DOI:
10.1016/0091-3057(91)90108-e]
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Abstract
The effects of acute intraperitoneal administration of paraoxon on behavioral and biochemical parameters were studied in male rats. Rats were trained to press a lever under an FR10 schedule of reinforcement. Rats were injected with 3 sublethal doses of paraoxon (0.5, 0.75, and 1.0 mg/kg) and performance was monitored for four days after exposure. Response rates were depressed significantly for days 1 and 2 with 0.75 and 1.0 mg/kg, but not 0.5 mg/kg, even though there was inhibition of brain and plasma cholinesterases at all doses. Performance recovered prior to brain AChE recovery. There was no clear-cut threshold of brain AChE inhibition required to yield performance deficits, nor was there a direct correlation between significant inhibition in peripheral enzymes which could serve as markers (plasma aliesterases, butyrylcholinesterase, non-iso-OMPA-sensitive cholinesterase, and hepatic aliesterases) and performance deficits, suggesting that other noncholinergic targets may play a role in OP-induced behavioral deficits.
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