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Neurotoxicity and Mode of Action of N, N-Diethyl-Meta-Toluamide (DEET)

Recent studies suggest that N, N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and that this action may result in neurotoxicity and pose a risk to humans from its use as an insect repellent. We investigated the mode of action of DEET neurotoxicity in order to define the specific...

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Autores principales: Swale, Daniel R., Sun, Baonan, Tong, Fan, Bloomquist, Jeffrey R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25101788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103713