Tetrodotoxin Blockage of Sodium Conductance Increase in Lobster Giant Axons
Previous studies suggested that tetrodotoxin, a poison from the puffer fish, blocks conduction of nerve and muscle through its rather selective inhibition of the sodium-carrying mechanism. In order to verify this hypothesis, observations have been made of sodium and potassium currents in the lobste...
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| Format: | Online |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1964
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2195365/ |