Neurotoxicological effects of a thrombin-like enzyme isolated from Crotalus durissus terrificus venom (preliminary study)

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-152

  Ruiz de Torrent, Raquel M ^a   Bongiovanni, Bettina ^b   Leiva, Laura C ^a   Evangelista de Duffard, Ana M ^b   Rodríguez, Juan P ^a   Acosta de Pérez, Ofelia C ^a   Duffard, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crotalus durissus terrificus; Developing rats; Neurotoxicity; Snake venom; Thrombin like enzymes

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; SNAKE VENOM;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; SNAKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBELLUM; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; GANGLIOSIDES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34249734239     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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