Autonomic neurotoxicity of jellyfish and marine animal venoms

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-130

  Burnett, Joseph W ^a   Weinrich, Daniel ^a   Williamson, John A ^b   Fenner, Peter J ^c   Lutz, Linda L ^a   Bloom, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c University of Adelaide ^*

Author keywords

Envenomation; Marine; Toxins; Venoms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; SODIUM ION; VENOM;

AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHONIA; EYE DISEASE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JELLYFISH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PURKINJE FIBER; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYMPTOM; VASOSPASM;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BITES AND STINGS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTOXINS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SCYPHOZOA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031916271     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02267823     Document Type: Article

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