The myth of scorpion suicide: Are scorpions insensitive to their own venom?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 2625-2636

  Legros, Christian ^a   Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^a   Cattaert, Daniel ^b  

^a Institut Federatif de Recherche Jean Roche   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Androctonus australi; Ca2+ current; Crayfish; K+ current; Muscle fibre; Na+ current; Nerve fibre; Peptide; Procambarus clarkii; Scorpion; Toxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031766356     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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