CSTX-1, a toxin from the venom of the hunting spider Cupiennius salei, is a selective blocker of L-type calcium channels in mammalian neurons

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1650-1662

  Kubista, Helmut ^a   Mafra, Roberta A ^b   Chong, Youmie ^c   Nicholson, Graham M ^c   Beirão, Paulo S L ^b   Cruz, Jader S ^b   Boehm, Stefan ^d   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^e   Kuhn Nentwig, Lucia ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CSTX 1; Cupiennius salei venom; DUM neurons; Rat neurons; Voltage gated calcium channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CSTX 1; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL STRAIN GH3; COCKROACH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCKROACHES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, SENSORY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; NEURONS; NITRENDIPINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 34249809422     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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