Venom of Collett's snake (Pseudechis colletti) blocks the binding of α-bungarotoxin to acetylcholine receptors at chick but not human neuromuscular junctions: A histochemical study

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-650

  Hart, Andrew ^a   Scott Davey, Tracey ^a   Harris, John ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Australia; Collett's snake; Elapidae; Neuromuscular junction; Neurotoxicity; Pseudechis colletti

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; FLUORESCEIN; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; NEUROTOXIN; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SNAKE VENOM;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVENOMATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PH; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDECHIS COLLETTI; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; CHICKENS; ELAPID VENOMS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SNAKE BITES;

ELAPIDAE; PSEUDECHIS COLLETTI;

EID: 52049123569     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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