An electrophysiological study on the effects of Pa-1G (a phospholipase A2) from the venom of king brown snake, Pseudechis australis, on neuromuscular function

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-75

  Fatehi, M ^a   Rowan, E G ^b   Harvey, A L ^b  

^a NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nerve terminal action potential; Neuromuscular transmission; Patch clamp; Phospholipase A2 toxin; Potassium currents; Sodium current

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DENDROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POTASSIUM ION; SNAKE VENOM; SODIUM ION;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CURRENT; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; TECHNIQUE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBROBLASTS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ENDPLATE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

PSEUDECHIS AUSTRALIS; SERPENTES; STORERIA DEKAYI;

EID: 0036027968     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00190-8     Document Type: Article

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