Ia. Tarakanov et al., INFLUENCE OF GENERAL-ANESTHESIA ON ACUTE EXPERIMENTAL POISONING OF CATS WITH THE ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDE ANTHIO, Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine, 117(6), 1994, pp. 587-590
It is shown that general anesthesia strongly influences the resistance
of animals to poisoning with organophosphorus compounds (OPC) such as
Anthio, weakens compensatory/adaptive responses, and possibly acts sy
nergistically with OPC in impairing tissue respiration. One to three d
ays after peroral administration of Anthio, reduced oxygen tension in
arterial blood and increased heart and respiratory rates were recorded
in cats, although the arterial blood pressure tended to drop markedly
. Anthio poisoning led to profound changes in the autonomic regulation
of functions, which was manifested in sharply decreased parasympathet
ic influences. The function of the brain's GABA-ergic system did not c
hange appreciably.