Neurotoxic effects of three fractions isolated from Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 149-155

  Nencioni, Ana Leonor A ^a   Carvalho, Fátima F ^a   Lebrun, Ivo ^b   Coronado Dorce, Valquiria A ^a,b   Sandoval, Maria Regina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; RODENTIA; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0034074717     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0773.2000.d01-28.x     Document Type: Article

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