A novel approach for in vivo screening of toxins using the Drosophila Giant Fiber circuit

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1398-1407

  Mejia, Monica ^a   Heghinian, Mari D ^a   Busch, Alexandra ^a   Armishaw, Chris J ^b   Marí, Frank ^a   Godenschwege, Tanja A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TORREY PINES INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor antagonists; Conotoxins; Drosophila; Electrophysiology; ImI; In vivo drug screening assay; Neuromodulation; Neuronal circuit function

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONOTOXIN MII; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CONOTOXIN; MECAMYLAMINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; SNAIL VENOM; TETRYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XEN 2174;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CONOTOXINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MECAMYLAMINE; NERVE NET; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TOXICITY TESTS;

CONUS BRUNNEUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77958480416     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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