Effects of voltage-gated Na+ channel toxins from Tityus serrulatus venom on rat arterial blood pressure and plasma catecholamines

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-92

  Vasconcelos, Flávio ^a   Lanchote, Vera Lúcia ^a   Bendhack, Lusiane M ^a   Giglio, José Roberto ^a   Sampaio, Suely Vilela ^a   Arantes, Eliane Candiani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Catecholamines; Scorpion venom; Tityus serrulatus; TsTX I; TsTX V; Voltage gated Na+ channel; neurotoxins; neurotoxins

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA NEUROTOXIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM ION; TITYUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCORPION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 21844458182     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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