Effects of the venom of a Mygalomorph spider (Lasiodora sp.) on the isolated rat heart

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Kalapothakis, Evanguedes ^a   Kushmerick, Christopher ^a   Gusmão, Daniel R ^a   Favaron, Guilherme O C ^a   Ferreira, Anderson J ^a   Gomez, Marcus V ^a   Pinto de Almeida, Alvair ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Isolated heart; Lasiodora; Mygalomorphae; Rat; Spider venom; Theraphosidae

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EXCITOTOXIN; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FORCE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; ISOLATED HEART; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINUS ARREST; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MALE; NEOSTIGMINE; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; LASIODORA; MYGALOMORPHAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 0037212288     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00204-0     Document Type: Article

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