Central Executive Dysfunction and Deferred Prefrontal Processing in Veterans with Gulf War Illness. [PDF]
, 2013 Gulf War Illness is associated with toxic exposure to cholinergic disruptive chemicals. The cholinergic system has been shown to mediate the central executive of working memory (WM).
Bennett, Ilana J +7 more
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Assessing the Clinical Features and Blood Biochemistries of Acute Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agents in Iranian Veterans [PDF]
, 2021 Background: Nerve Agents (NAs) are a chemical weapons, and their use is prohibited. They were used for numerous-times in the warfare of Iraq against Iran.
Agin, Khosrow, Mostafazadeh, Babak
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Biosilica-nanogold composite: Easy-to-prepare catalyst for soman degradation [PDF]
, 2019 A very fast single-step biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) using algal cells of Mallomonas kalinae (MK) is introduced. The average particle size of crystalline AuNPs was approximately 10 nm.
Holišová, Veronika +7 more
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Colorimetric Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel Polymers for the Detection of Nerve Agent Surrogates [PDF]
, 2015 The threat of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) necessitates the development of functional materials that not only quickly detect the presence of CWAs but also actively protect against their toxicity.
Ahmed, Eilaf +3 more
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Examination of effectiveness of chemical scavengers as therapeutics in organophosphate poisoning [PDF]
, 2017 Cholinergic crisis triggered by inhibition of cholinesterases via organophosphorus nerve agents (OP) and pesticides is treated with atropine and a reactivator of inhibited cholinesterase, called oxime.
Bierwisch, Anne
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Detection of Chemical Weapon Agents Using Spectroscopic Probes: A Computational Study
Journal of Chemistry, 2020 Organophosphorus compounds are organic compounds widely employed in agriculture as well as in chemical weapons. The use in agriculture is due to their insecticidal properties.
Letícia S. Braga +5 more
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Real‐time remote detection of airborne chemical hazards – an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) carrying an ion mobility spectrometer [PDF]
, 2023 Rapidly detecting and identifying chemical agents after a chemical release is crucial for a reliable assessment of imminent risks and provides the initial basis for defining an adequate level of protection for first responders.
Ahrens, Andre +9 more
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Eyeing up the Future of the Pupillary Light Reflex in Neurodiagnostics [PDF]
, 2018 This is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).The pupillary light reflex (PLR) describes the constriction and subsequent ...
Barbur +12 more
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Chromogenic and fluorogenic reagents for chemical warfare nerve agents' detection [PDF]
, 2007 The ease of production, the extreme toxicity of organophosphorus-containing nerve agents, and their facile use in terrorism attacks underscores the need to develop accurate systems to detect these chemicals.
Ana M. Costero +42 more
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Colorimetric Detection of Warfare Gases by Polydiacetylenes Toward Equipment‐Free Detection [PDF]
, 2012 Rationally designed polydiacetylene (PDA) molecules have been developed for rapid, selective, sensitive, and convenient colorimetric detection of organophosphate (OP) nerve agents, a mass destruction weapon. Oxime (OX) functionality was incorporated into
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