Involvement of 5-hydroxytryptaminergic transmission for the Mesobuthus tamulus venom-induced depression of spinal reflexes in neonatal rat in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 482, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-39

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

5 HT receptors; Ketanserin; MSR; Ondansetron; PSR; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

KETANSERIN; ONDANSETRON; PINDOLOL; SCORPION VENOM; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; MESOBUTHUS TAMULUS; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION; SPINAL REFLEX; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 77955552239     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.088     Document Type: Article

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