Cardiovascular effects of the toxin(s) of the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, in the rat

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 743-750

  Campbell, Fiona ^a   Atwell, Rick ^a   Fenning, Andrew ^a   Hoey, Andrew ^b   Brown, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian paralysis tick toxin; Cardiovascular responses; Ixodes holocyclus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CIMETIDINE; DOBUTAMINE; MEPYRAMINE; METOPROLOL; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; TOXIN; VERAPAMIL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHRONOTROPISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; EXTRACT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOTROPISM; ISOLATED HEART; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA; TICK; TICK BITE; TISSUE; VASCULAR RING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTITOXINS; CIMETIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IXODES; MALE; METOPROLOL; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PINACIDIL; PYRILAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIDER VENOMS; TETRODOTOXIN; VERAPAMIL;

ACARI; IXODES; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS;

EID: 3343012318     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.02.025     Document Type: Article

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