In vitro neuromuscular activity of 'colubrid' venoms: Clinical and evolutionary implications

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 819-827

  Lumsden, Natalie G ^a   Fry, Bryan G ^b   Manjunatha Kini, R ^c   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chick biventer cervicis; Colubroidea; Neostigmine; Neuromuscular; Venom

Indexed keywords

NEOSTIGMINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOIGA CYNODON; BOIGA DENDROPHILA; BOIGA DENDROPHILA GEMINCINCTA; BOIGA DRAPIEZII; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; BOIGA NIGRICEPS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKE; TELESCOPUS DHARA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BOIGA CYNODON; BOIGA DENDROPHILA; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; COLUBRINAE; COLUBROIDEA; CYNODON; HOMALOPSINAE; NATRICINAE; PSAMMOPHIINAE; PSAMMOPHIS MOSSAMBICUS; PSEUDOXYRHOPHIINAE; SERPENTES; TELESCOPUS; TRIMORPHODON; TRIMORPHODON BISCUTATUS;

EID: 3342940074     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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