Action of Micrurus dumerilii carinicauda coral snake venom on the mammalian neuromuscular junction

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-174

  Serafim, Francine G ^a   Reali, Marielga ^a   Cruz Höfling, Maria Alice ^a   Fontana, Marcos D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blockade; Coral snake; Histological changes; M. d. carinicauda; Neuromuscular junction; Venom

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; NEOSTIGMINE; SNAKE VENOM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DIAPHRAGM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS;

EID: 0036027406     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00217-3     Document Type: Article

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