Indian red scorpion venom depresses spinal synaptic transmission without involving NMDA receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 475, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-88

  Maurya, Amar N ^a   Deshpande, Shripad B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

MSR; NMDA receptor; PSR; Spinal cord; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SCORPION VENOM;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DORSAL ROOT; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; INSECT STING; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS SCORPION; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFLEX; SCORPION VENOMS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VALINE;

EID: 77952884707     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.052     Document Type: Article

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