Caulerpenyne, a toxin from the seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia, depresses afterhyperpolarization in invertebrate neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 519-526

  Mozzachiodi, R ^a   Scuri, R ^a   Roberto, M ^a   Brunelli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hirudo medicinalis; Na+ K+ ATPase; Sesquiterpene; T sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); APAMIN; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CAULERPENYNE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEECH; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEECHES; MARINE TOXINS; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; NEURONS; SEAWEED; SESQUITERPENES; SODIUM;

EID: 0035940774     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00365-7     Document Type: Article

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