The effect of the venom of the yellow Iranian scorpion Odontobuthus doriae on skeletal muscle preparations in vitro

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1019-1026

  Jalali, A ^a   Vatanpour, H ^b   Hosseininasab, Z ^b   Rowan, E G ^c   Harvey, A L ^c  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Odontobuthus doriae; Potassium channels; Scorpion; Skeletal muscle; Sodium channels; Venom

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIVENTER CERVICIS; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SODIUM CURRENT; STERNOCOSTAL MUSCLE; TREMOR; YELLOW IRANIAN SCORPION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SCORPION VENOMS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ODONTOBUTHUS DORIAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 36049007467     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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