title: Nerve agents.
abstract: Nerve agents cause a rapidly fatal cholinergic crisis, but rapid, appropriate antidotal treatment saves lives. Survivors of nerve-agent poisoning generally are healthy, unlike survivors of some other chemical agent attacks. Neurologists can assist first responders and mass casualty planners materially by serving as resources for information on nerve agents and the syndromes they cause. They also can help their communities by reinforcing that treatment for nerve-agent poisoning is effective.
authors.affiliation: United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, USA. jonathan.newmark@amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Newmark
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002618:Chemical Warfare; D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009420:Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents; D009498:Neurotoxins