Effect of toxins isolated from the venom of the scorpion Centruroides sculpturatus on the Na currents of the node of ranvier

Pflügers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 393, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 56-62

  Meves, H ^a   Rubly, N ^a   Watt, D D ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelinated nerve fibre; Scorpion toxin; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); SCORPION VENOM; TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; FROG; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RANVIER NODE; SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ION CHANNELS; RANA ESCULENTA; RANVIER'S NODES; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOXINS;

EID: 0020033667     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00582392     Document Type: Article

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