RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
An inflammatory and toxic neuropathy that is characaterized by a collection of neuropsychological symptoms associated with repeated organophosphate pesticide exposure as well as nerve agent exposure. Symptoms can appear weeks after exposure and include muscle weakness, anxiety, depression, psychosis as well as cognitive and memory deficits. (DO)