The Androctonus australis garzoni scorpion venom contains toxins that selectively affect voltage-dependent K+-channels in cerebellum granular cells

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-73

  Pisciotta, Marzia ^a   Coronas, Fredy I ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^b   Prestipino, Gianfranco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Granular cells; Patch clamp; Potassium currents; Scorpion venom

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; GRANULAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; SCORPION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0031883105     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050112     Document Type: Article

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