Effect of age on body distribution of Tityustoxin from Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom in rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Nunan, Elzíria A ^a   Moraes, Márcio F D ^a   Cardoso, Valbert N ^a   Moraes Santos, Tasso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Scorpion neurotoxin; Tissue distribution; Tityustoxin

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; TECHNETIUM 99M; TITYUS TOXIN; URETHAN;

AGE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVENOMATION; HEART; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY; LATENT PERIOD; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RAT; SCORPION; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND; TIME; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0037565710     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00264-9     Document Type: Article

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