Characterisation of the effects of depolarising toxins on nerve terminal action potentials: Apparent block of presynaptic potassium currents

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Fatehi, M ^a,b   Harvey, A L ^a   Rowan, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN; MYOTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POTASSIUM ION; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CROTALID VENOMS; ELAPID VENOMS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; NEUROTOXINS; OUABAIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PC12 CELLS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS VIRIDIS; PSEUDECHIS AUSTRALIS; SERPENTES; STORERIA DEKAYI; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031900792     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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