Structural analysis of the venom glands of the armed spider Phoneutria nigriventer (Keyserling, 1891): Microanatomy, fine structure and confocal observations

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 693-706

  Silva, Luciana Maria ^a,b,c   Carvalho Botelho, Ana Cristina ^a   Nacif Pimenta, Rafael ^a   Martins, Gustavo Ferreira ^a   Alves, Luiz Carlos ^a   Brayner, Fabio André ^a   Fortes Dias, Consuelo Latorre ^c   Paolucci Pimenta, Paulo Filemon ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Armed spider; Banana spider; Histology; Phoneutria nigriventer; Ultrastructure; Venom gland

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; INSECT STING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPIDER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPIDERS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ARANEAE; PHONEUTRIA; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER;

EID: 40249116270     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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