Blockade of neuronal nitric oxide synthase abolishes the toxic effects of Tx2-5, a lethal Phoneutria nigriventer spider toxin

Toxicon

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-172

  Yonamine, C M ^a   Troncone, L R P ^b   Camillo, M A P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neurotoxin; Nitric oxide; Phoneutria nigriventer; Sodium channels; Spider venom; Tx2 5

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPIDER VENOM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTOXICATION; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SALIVATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIDER; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDAZOLES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTOXINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PRIAPISM; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER;

EID: 3042831054     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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