Influence of temperature upon effects of crotoxin and gamma-irradiated crotoxin at rat neuromuscular transmission

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 77-80

  Gallacci, Márcia ^a   Nascimento, Nanci ^b   Rogero, José R ^b   Vassilieff, Vera S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Supervisao Radiobiol Da C   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crotalus durissus terrificus; Crotoxin; Gamma radiation; Neuromuscular transmission

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; CROTOXIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM; TRITON X 100;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DIAPHRAGM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CROTOXIN; DIAPHRAGM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAMMA RAYS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS;

EID: 0034599652     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00196-4     Document Type: Article

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