The scorpion α-like toxin Lqh III specifically alters sodium channel inactivation in frog myelinated axons

Neuroscience

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 551-559

  Benoit, E ^a   Gordon, D ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Action potential; Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus scorpion toxin III; Peripheral myelinated nerve fibres; Potassium current; Sodium current

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS HEBRAEUS TOXIN III; NEUROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FROG; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; SCORPION; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RANA ESCULENTA; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0035837433     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00073-2     Document Type: Article

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