Abstract
DDT is regarded as a nerve poison in insects and mammals chiefly from the symptomological, electrophysiological and biochemical points of view1,2. The actual mechanism of DDT poisoning at the target, however, is not known.
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HAYASHI, M., MATSUMURA, F. Interactions of DDT with the Nervous System of the Resistant and Susceptible German Cockroaches. Nature 215, 1510–1512 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151510a0
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