Snake venoms and the neuromuscular junction

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-179

  Lewis, Robert L ^a,b   Gutmann, Ludwig ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myokymia; Neuromuscular junction; Snake neurotoxins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ALPHA NEUROTOXIN; ANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MYOKYMIA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SNAKEBITE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SNAKE VENOMS;

EID: 3242749165     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830904     Document Type: Review

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