Effects induced by Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom and its toxins TsTX-I and TsTX-V on the rat isolated retractor penis muscle

Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 190-198

  Bomfim, José Henrique G G ^a   De Godoy, Márcio A F ^a   Giglio, José R ^a   De Oliveira, Ana Maria ^a   Arantes, Eliane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

NANC nitrergic nerve stimulation; Neu retransmitters; Smooth muscle; Sodium channel; Sympathetic nerve stimulation; Tityus serrulatus toxins

Indexed keywords

GUANETHIDINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PRAZOSIN; TETRODOTOXIN; TITYUS TOXIN; VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETRACTOR; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BETHANECHOL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUANETHIDINE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTOXINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PENIS; PRAZOSIN; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 17244370517     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082804     Document Type: Article

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