Toxin 2 (PhTx2), a neurotoxic fraction from Phoneutria nigriventer spider venom, causes acute morphological changes in mouse skeletal muscle

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 793-812

  Mattiello Sverzuta, Ana Cláudia ^a   Da Cruz Höfling, Maria Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mouse; Phoneutria nigriventer venom; PhTx2; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SPIDER VENOM; TOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; MALE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTOXINS; PHRENIC NERVE; SPIDER VENOMS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; LABIDOGNATHA; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER;

EID: 0343920794     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00188-9     Document Type: Article

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