FINE STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH VENOM ACTION ON SQUID GIANT NERVE FIBERS

(1) Block of conduction and marked increase in permeability of the squid giant axon, when surrounded by adhering small nerve fibers, is caused by the venoms of cottonmouth, ringhals, and cobra snakes and by phospholipase A (PhA). This phenomenon is associated with a marked breakdown of the substruc...

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Main Authors: Martin, Rainer, Rosenberg, Philip
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1968
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2107363/