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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Main Authors: Daniel R Swale, Baonan Sun, Fan Tong, Jeffrey R Bloomquist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4125160?pdf=render