The neuromuscular activity of paradoxin: A presynaptic neurotoxin from the venom of the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1229-1236

  Hodgson, Wayne C ^a   Dal Belo, Cháriston André ^b   Rowan, Edward G ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular transmission; Neurotoxin; Presynaptic; Snake; Venom

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; NEUROTOXIN; PARADOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXYURANUS MICROLEPIDOTUS; PATCH CLAMP; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; DIAPHRAGM; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FIBROBLASTS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHRENIC NERVE; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SNAKES; STRONTIUM;

EID: 34047152198     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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