A toxic fraction from scolopendra venom increases the basal release of neurotransmitters in the ventral ganglia of crustaceans

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-214

  Gutiérrez, María Del Carmen ^a   Abarca, Carolina ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Centipede; Channel blockers; Gamma amino butyric acid; Glutamic acid; Ion channels; Na+ permeability; Neurotransmitter release; Scolopendra; Toxin

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMMONIUM ACETATE; ARTHROPOD VENOM; CELLULOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; LETHALITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ARTHROPODA; CAMBARELLUS; CHILOPODA; CRUSTACEA; SCOLOPENDRA;

EID: 0037822327     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(03)00108-X     Document Type: Article

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