Exposure to pesticides, such as carbamates, organophosphates, organochlorines and
pyrethroids, has been linked to various health problems, including neurotoxicity. Although
most in vivo studies use only male rodents, some studies have shown in vivo sex-specific
effects after acute exposure. Since in vivo studies are costly and require a large number of
animals, in vitro assays that take sex-specific effects into account are urgently needed. We
therefore assessed the acute effects of exposure to different carbamates (methomyl, aldicarb …