Effects of black scorpion androctonus crasicuda venom on striated muscle preparation in vitro.

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-22

  Vatanpour, Hossein ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Muscle; Neuromuscular; Scorpion; Transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745673707     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22037/IJPR.2010.29     Document Type: Article

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