Presynaptic neuromuscular activity of venom from the brown-headed snake (Glyphodon tristis)

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-388

  Kuruppu, S ^a   Fry, B G ^b   Hodgson, W C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Chick biventer; Neuromuscular; Phospholipase A2; Presynaptic; Snake; Venom

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PHOSPHOLIPASE INHIBITOR; POLYVALENT SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE TOXICITY; MUSCLE TWITCH; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 15944392809     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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