A anticonvulsive fraction from Scaptocosa raptoria (Araneae: Lycosidae) spider venom

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 371, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 171-175

  Mussi Ribeiro, Alessandra ^a,b   Miranda, Antonio ^c   Gobbo Netto, Leonardo ^d   Peporine Lopes, Norberto ^d   Dos Santos, Wagner Ferreira ^a  

^a Neurobiology and Venoms Laboratory   (Brazil)

^b Psychobiology Post Graduation Prog   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SP Brazil ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Bicuculline; GABA agonists; Scaptocosa raptoria; Seizures; Spider venom

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; KETAMINE; MUSCIMOL; NIPECOTIC ACID; PHENYTOIN; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAPTOCOSA RAPTORIA; SPIDER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SPIDER VENOMS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 7444234332     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.08.064     Document Type: Article

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