Ptychodiscus brevis toxin decreases the spontaneous activity of rat right atria involving muscarinic receptors and potassium channels

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Singh, Jitendra N ^a,b   Mandal, Maloy B ^a   Deshpande, Shripad B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Brevetoxin; Nifedipine; PbTx; Right atrial potential; TEA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MARINE TOXIN; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CYCLOPENTANES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART ATRIA; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NIFEDIPINE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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