Effects of homoanatoxin-A-containing extract from Oscillatoria formosa (Cyanophyceae/cyanobacteria) on neuromuscular transmission

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1275-1289

  Lilleheil, Gunnar ^a   Andersen, Rolf A ^a,b   Skulberg, Olav M ^c   Alexander, Jan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANA PIPIENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA FORMOSA; OXY; PHORMIDIUM; PHORMIDIUM FORMOSUM; RECTUS;

EID: 0030787376     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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