Modification of synaptic transmission and sodium channel inactivation by the insect-selective scorpion toxin LqhαIT

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1181-1187

  Lee, Daewoo ^a,c   Gurevitz, Michael ^b   Adams, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSE FLY; HYPERACTIVITY; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034103593     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.3.1181     Document Type: Article

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