Phtx4, a new class of toxins from Phoneutria nigriventer spider venom, inhibits the glutamate uptake in rat brain synaptosomes

Brain Research

Volumn 831, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 297-300

  Mafra, Roberta Amaral ^a   Figueiredo, Suely Gomes ^b   Diniz, Carlos Ribeiro ^c   Cordeiro, Marta Nascimento ^c   Dos Santos Cruz, Jáder ^a,d   De Lima, Maria Elena ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate uptake; Phoneutria nigriventer; Spider venom; Synaptosome; Toxin

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PHTX4; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; SODIUM ION; SPIDER VENOM; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIDER VENOMS; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0033549272     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01472-9     Document Type: Article

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