Pathological changes induced by PhTx1 from Phoneutria nigriventer spider venom in mouse skeletal muscle in vitro

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1349-1361

  Mattiello Sverzut, Ana Cláudia ^a,c   Fontana, Marcos D ^a   Diniz, Carlos R ^b   Da Cruz Höfling, Maria Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Ezequiel Dias Foundation   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ENVENOMATION; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SPIDER BITE;

ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHRENIC NERVE; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER;

EID: 0031830991     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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