Abstract
Several recently characterized toxins (apamin, charybdotoxin, dendrotoxin and noxiustoxin) are proving invaluable for establishing what kinds of potassium channel are expressed in neurones, and what the roles of the channels might be.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Action Potentials / drug effects
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Animals
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Apamin / metabolism*
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Bee Venoms / metabolism*
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Charybdotoxin
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Elapid Venoms / metabolism*
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Humans
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Neurotoxins / metabolism*
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Potassium Channels / metabolism*
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Potassium Channels / physiology
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Scorpion Venoms / metabolism*
Substances
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Bee Venoms
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Elapid Venoms
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Neurotoxins
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Potassium Channels
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Scorpion Venoms
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Charybdotoxin
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Apamin
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dendrotoxin
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noxiustoxin