Effects of new phoneutria spider toxins on glutamate release and [Ca2+]I in rat cortical synaptosomes

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Carneiro, D S ^a   Vieira, L B ^a,c   Cordeiro, M N ^b   Richardson, M ^b   Castrojunior, C J ^c   Gomez, M V ^c   Reis, H J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^c UFMG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glutamate release; Phoneutria toxins; Spider venom; Synaptosomes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN; PHONEUTRIA SPIDER VENOM; PKTX20C4 PEPTIDE; PKTX23C3 PEPTIDE; PKTX28C4 PEPTIDE; PNTX19C1 PEPTIDE; PNTX19C2 PEPTIDE; PNTX25A1 PEPTIDE; PNTX37C2 PEPTIDE; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHONEUTRIA KEYSERLINGI; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; RAT; SPIDER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME;

ARANEAE; PHONEUTRIA; PHONEUTRIA KEYSERLINGI; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; RATTUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; FLUOROMETRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 77951905267     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/139     Document Type: Article

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