Antiarrhythmogenic effects of a neurotoxin from the spider Phoneutria nigriventer

Toxicon

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-224

  Almeida, Alvair P ^a   Andrade, Alexandre B ^a   Ferreira, Anderson J ^a   Pires, Andrea C G ^a   Damasceno, Denis D ^a   Alves, Márcia N M ^a   Gomes, Enéas R M ^a   Kushmerick, Christopher ^a   Lima, Ricardo F ^a   Prado, Marco Antônio M ^b   Prado, Vânia F ^b   Richardson, Michael ^c   Cordeiro, Marta N ^c   Guatimosim, Silvia ^a   Gomez, MarcusVinícius ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Atropine; Cardiac arrhythmias; Isolated heart

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; PHKV TOXIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTOXINS; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; RATTUS;

EID: 79251613376     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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