Effects of α-scorpion toxin, tityustoxin on the release of [ 3H] dopamine of rat brain prefrontal cortical slices

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Fernandes, Virginia M V ^a   Massensini, André R ^b   Prado, Marco Antonio M ^b   Romano Silva, Marco Aurélio ^b   Moraes Santos, Tasso ^b   Gomez, Marcus Vinicius ^b  

^a Environmental Studies Laboratory   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dopamine release; Prefrontal cortical slices; Scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; DANTROLENE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRACAINE; TETRODOTOXIN; TITYUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOPAMINE RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 0042326361     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(03)00114-1     Document Type: Article

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