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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2016

Neurotoxicity in Preclinical Models of Occupational Exposure to Organophosphorus Compounds.

Jaymie R Voorhees, Diane S Rohlman, Pamela J Lein, Andrew A Pieper

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
24.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Neurocognitive and neurobiological effects of low dose organophosphate exposure.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  20. Autism Spectrum Disorder and Prenatal or Early Life Exposure to Pesticides: A Short Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jaymie R VoorheesDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA.
Diane S RohlmanInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Public HealthIowa City, IA, USA.
Pamela J LeinDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis Davis, CA, USA.
Andrew A PieperDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA; Department of Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA; Department of Veteran Affairs, University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineIowa City, IA, USA; Weill Cornell Autism Research Program, Weill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York, NY, USA.
University of Iowa · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Jong Sung Kim · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (GPCAH)U54OH007548 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI FETHKE, NATHAN B · 2011 to 2025
$24.6M
Vulnerability of the Adolescent Brain to Organophosphorus PesticidesR01ES022163 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI ROHLMAN, DIANE S · 2013 to 2018
$2.7M
Biomarkers of Organophosphorus Pesticide-Induced NeurotoxicityR01ES016308 · NIEHS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI ANGER, WYNDHAM KENT, LEIN, PAMELA J · 2008 to 2011
$2.6M
Does air pollution increase risk of AD in a genetically susceptible animal model?R21ES026515 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI LEIN, PAMELA J · 2016 to 2017
$432k
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES016308NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES022163NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES026515NIOSH CDC HHS U54 OH007548
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organophosphorus (OPs) compounds are widely used as insecticides, plasticizers, and fuel additives. These compounds potently inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE), the enzyme that inactivates acetylcholine at neuronal synapses, and acute exposure to high OP levels can cause cholinergic crisis in humans and animals. Evidence further suggests that repeated exposure to lower OP levels insufficient to cause cholinergic crisis, frequently encountered in the occupational setting, also pose serious risks to people. For example, multiple epidemiological studies have identified associations between occupational OP exposure and neurodegenerative disease, psychiatric illness, and sensorimotor deficits. Rigorous scientific investigation of the basic science mechanisms underlying these epidemiological findings requires valid preclinical models in which tightly-regulated exposure paradigms can be correlated with neurotoxicity. Here, we review the experimental models of occupational OP exposure currently used in the field. We found that animal studies simulating occupational OP exposures do indeed show evidence of neurotoxicity, and that utilization of these models is helping illuminate the mechanisms underlying OP-induced neurological sequelae. Still, further work is necessary to evaluate exposure levels, protection methods, and treatment strategies, which taken together could serve to modify guidelines for improving workplace conditions globally.

Indexed as

neurotoxicityorganophosphate ester pesticidesorganophosphate pesticidesorganophosphatesorganophosphorus compounds

Identifiers

PMID28149268
PMCPMC5241311
OpenAlexW2575001127

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