The Pathway Ontology (PW), is currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about this vocabulary, please see Petri et al. The rat genome database pathway portal. Database (Oxford). 2011 Apr 8;2011:bar010. Print 2011 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
Organophosphates (OPs) represent one of the main classes of pesticides. However, they exert serious adverse effects, primarily affecting the cholinergic nervous system. OPs inhibit acetylcholinesterase, the enzyme that hydrolyzes acetylcholine, a major neurotransmitter in the nervous system and periphery.