Pesticides at brain borders: Impact on the blood-brain barrier, neuroinflammation, and neurological risk trajectories

N Cresto, I Forner-Piquer, A Baig, M Chatterjee… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Pesticides are omnipresent, and they pose significant environmental and health risks.
Translational studies indicate that acute exposure to high pesticide levels is detrimental, and …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent behavior deficits, neuroinflammation, and oxidative stress in a rat model of acute organophosphate intoxication

M Guignet, K Dhakal, BM Flannery, BA Hobson… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Current medical countermeasures for organophosphate (OP)-induced status epilepticus
(SE) are not effective in preventing long-term morbidity and there is an urgent need for …

Experimental and clinical biomarkers for progressive evaluation of neuropathology and therapeutic interventions for acute and chronic neurological disorders

DS Reddy, HN Abeygunaratne - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article describes commonly used experimental and clinical biomarkers of neuronal
injury and neurodegeneration for the evaluation of neuropathology and monitoring of …

Treating organophosphates poisoning: management challenges and potential solutions

M Alozi, M Rawas-Qalaji - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Organophosphorus agents (OP) are widely used as pesticides due to their cost
effectiveness, yet they present a significant public health risk owing to their high toxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Midazolam-a diazepam replacement for the management of nerve agent-induced seizures.

L Gorecki, J Pejchal, C Torruellas, J Korabecny… - …, 2024 - Elsevier
A benzodiazepine, diazepam, has been the leading antidote for seizures caused by nerve
agents, the most toxic chemical weapons of mass destruction, since the 1960s. However, its …

Saracatinib, a Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor, as a disease modifier in the rat DFP model: sex differences, Neurobehavior, gliosis, neurodegeneration, and nitro-oxidative …

M Gage, M Putra, L Wachter, K Dishman, M Gard… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP), an organophosphate nerve agent (OPNA), exposure
causes status epilepticus (SE) and epileptogenesis. In this study, we tested the protective …

Disease-modifying effects of a glial-targeted inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (1400W) in mixed-sex cohorts of a rat soman (GD) model of epilepsy

SS Vasanthi, NS Rao, M Samidurai, N Massey… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Acute exposure to seizurogenic organophosphate (OP) nerve agents (OPNA)
such as diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) or soman (GD), at high concentrations, induce …

[HTML][HTML] Inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, 1400W, mitigates DFP-induced long-term neurotoxicity in the rat model

M Putra, S Sharma, M Gage, G Gasser… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chemical nerve agents (CNA) are increasingly becoming a threat to both civilians and
military personnel. CNA-induced acute effects on the nervous system have been known for …

Comparative profile of refractory status epilepticus models following exposure of cholinergic agents pilocarpine, DFP, and soman

DS Reddy, M Zaayman, R Kuruba, X Wu - Neuropharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Status epilepticus (SE) is a medical emergency with continuous seizure activity that causes
profound neuronal damage, morbidity, or death. SE incidents can arise spontaneously but …

[CITAS][C] Neurosteroids as novel anticonvulsants for refractory status epilepticus and medical countermeasures for nerve agents: A 15-year journey to bring …

DS Reddy - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental …, 2024 - ASPET