Differential sensitivity of sodium channels from the central and peripheral nervous system to the scorpion toxins Lqh-2 and Lqh-3

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 767-770

  Chen, Haijun ^a,c   Lu, SongQing ^a   Leipold, Enrico ^a   Gordon, Dalia ^b   Hansel, Alfred ^a   Heinemann, Stefan H ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Fast inactivation; Patch clamp; Peripheral nervous system; Receptor site 3; Scorpion toxin; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN LQH 2; PROTEIN LQH 3; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL AFFECTING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCORPION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0036460766     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02142.x     Document Type: Article

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