title: Comparison of effects of different antidotes on tabun-induced cognitive impairment in rats using water maze.
abstract: In the past, scientists focused on the development of antidotes (mainly anticholinergics in combination with reactivators of inhibited acetylcholinesterase-oximes) to increase the number of surviving nerve agent-intoxicated individuals. Recently, they are interested in antidotes able not only to protect nerve agent-poisoned men from lethal toxic effects but also to improve their life quality by improvement of their central cognitive functions. In our study, the water maze was used to measure spatial working learning and memory in the case of tabun-induced cognitive impairment in albino Wistar rats. Antidotal treatment consisted of atropine alone or a combination of atropine with an oxime (obidoxime, trimedoxime or oxime HI-6). Our results suggest that atropine alone is not sufficient as a treatment for saving cognitive functions impaired by tabun. On the other hand, the addition of oxime to atropine contributes to improvement of cognitive performance in tabun-poisoned rats regardless of type of oxime.
authors.affiliation: University of Defence, Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, Hradec Králove, Czech Republic. krejcovag@centrum.cz
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kunesová
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kassa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001285:Atropine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000506:poisoning*; D002801:Cholinesterase Reactivators / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects*; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D062025:Organophosphate Poisoning; D010755:Organophosphates; D010091:Oximes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D002801:Cholinesterase Reactivators; D010755:Organophosphates; D010091:Oximes; D001285:Atropine; C009374:tabun