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. 2022 Nov 10;16:985943. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.985943

TABLE 2.

Different types of pesticides to the neurodegenerations risk for human (modified from Kori et al., 2018).

Organophosphate (chronic exposure)
Occupational exposure
(farm workers)
Genetic tendency to a less efficient detoxification of paraoxonase, an enzyme detoxifying the organophosphate pesticides
Neurological impairment (attention, remembrance, reaction time and deficits in neurobehavioral performance)
Delayed polyneuropathy
Worse performance in neuropsychological functions (attention, reasoning, memory, perception, visuomotor skills, expressive language and motor performance)
Neurological symptom (dizziness, sleepiness and headache)
Headache, giddiness, ocular symptoms and Paraesthesia.
Reduced motor conduction
velocity and serum AChE levels
Bonvicini et al., 2010

Rohlman et al., 2007

Lotti and Moretto, 2005
Salvi et al., 2003; Roldan-Tapia et al., 2005
London et al., 1998

Misra et al., 1988
Occupational and residential exposure Some neurological and neuropsychiatric effects on adults (ADHD, anxiety, depression disorder)
Reduce in the verbal memory, motor speed and motor coordination
Significantly higher anxiety and depression in exposed population
Lower neurobehavioral performance like learning test, symbol-digit, reaction time
Slower response on neuropsychological performance like processing speed, attention
Serum acetylcholinesterase was significantly lower, neurological abnormalities
Headache, hypertension, anxiety and depression disorders
High depressive symptoms, headache and dizziness
Sensory and vibration thresholds were higher, neurological symptoms
London et al., 2012

Starks et al., 2012
MackenzieRoss et al., 2010
Rothlein et al., 2006
Stephens and Sreenivasan, 2004
Farahat et al., 2003
Salvi et al., 2003
Stallones and Beseler, 2002
Pilkington et al., 2001
Occupational as well as accidental exposure Acute and chronic OP exposure is associated with affective disorders Suicide rates are high in farming populations London et al., 2005
Organochlorine and pyrethroid (chronic exposure)
Occupational exposure
(farm workers)
Deterioration in neurocognitive performance
Parkinson’s disease
Alteration in hematological parameters Abnormal cranial nerve function, and motor strength
Hansen et al., 2017
Elbaz et al., 2009
Lu, 2009
Occupational and residential exposure Neurotoxic properties
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD),
neurodevelopmental disorders
Acute poisoning and alterations of the digestive, neurological, respiratory, circulatory, dermatological, renal, and reproductive system
Alzheimer’s disease
Risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Decrease in Mental developmental Index scores
Su et al., 2016
Cheslack-Postava et al., 2013
Roberts et al., 2007
Payan-Renteria et al., 2012

Singh et al., 2012; Kim et al., 2015
Richardson et al., 2011
Eskenaz et al., 2006
Chronic exposure of mixture of pesticides (organophosphate, carbamate, organochlorine, and pyrethroid)
Occupational exposure
(farm workers)
Higher anger-hostility, depression-dejection, tension-anxiety and lower vigor-activity Zhang et al., 2016
Occupational and residential exposure Neurotoxic symptoms
Depressive symptoms
Somatization, obsessive–compulsiveness, interpersonal sensitivity, depression and anxiety
Association between pesticide exposure and depression
More inhibition of cholinesterase activity
Respiratory, eye disorders.
Inhibition of cholinesterase activity and central nervous system problems
Motsoeneng and Dalvie, 2015
Beard et al., 2013
Wesseling et al., 2010

Beseler and Stallones, 2006
Smit et al., 2003
Ohayo-Mitoko et al., 2000