Tityustoxin-induced release of ATP from rat brain cortical synaptosomes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-116

  Salgado, A H I ^a   Prado, M A M ^a   Moraes Santos, T ^a   Romano Silva, M A ^a   Gomez, M V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ATP release; Synaptosomes; Tetrodotoxin; Tityustoxin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; TETRODOTOXIN; TITYUS TOXIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0030787341     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00436-9     Document Type: Article

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