EFFECTS OF CHRONIC CARBON-DISULFIDE INHALATION ON SENSORY AND MOTOR FUNCTION IN THE RAT

被引:17
作者
CLERICI, WJ [1 ]
FECHTER, LD [1 ]
机构
[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,SCH HYG & PUBL HLTH,DEPT ENVIRONM HLTH SCI,ROOM 7033,615 N WOLFE ST,BALTIMORE,MD 21205
关键词
ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AUDITION; CARBON DISULFIDE; HEARING; MOTOR; NEUROMUSCULAR; OTOTOXICITY; STARTLE;
D O I
10.1016/0892-0362(91)90069-9
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Chronic carbon disulfide (CS2) exposure produces debilitating motor, sensory and neuropsychiatric consequences in humans. Sensory, especially auditory, tests have been considered for indexing early intoxication. This study examines effects of chronic CS2 exposure in rat upon auditory and neuromuscular function using reflex modulation audiometry to test the feasibility of using pure tone detection thresholds as such an index. This method is sensitive to the differential effects of toxicants upon acoustic and neuromuscular functioning. Rats were tested before, during and after five or 12 weeks of 500 ppm CS2 inhalation, six h/day, five days/week. Neuromuscular integrity, reflected by baseline startle amplitude, decreased 50% after five weeks and 67% following 12 weeks of CS2 exposure; recovery to 70% of preexposure values occurred on the fourth postexposure week. Twelve weeks of CS2 inhalation had no significant effect upon acoustic thresholds. Pure tone detection thresholds, therefore, do not appear adequate to index early CS2 exposure levels in the rat, as severe neuromuscular compromise occurred at a time when acoustic thresholds remained stable.
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