Pharmacological characterisation of a neurotoxin from the venom of Boiga dendrophila (Mangrove catsnake)

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-334

  Lumsden, Natalie G ^a   Fry, Bryan G ^b   Ventura, Sabatino ^c   Manjunatha Kini, R ^d   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boiga dendrophila; Chick biventer cervicis; Colubridae; Opisthoglyph; Rat vas deferens; Snake venom; Three finger toxin

Indexed keywords

8 PHENYLTHEOPHYLLINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BOIGATOXIN A; CARBACHOL; IDAZOXAN; NORADRENALIN; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EPIDIDYMIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SNAKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 15944388572     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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