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Neurotoxins
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Neurotoxin
Toxic substances from microorganisms, plants or animals that interfere with the functions of the nervous system. Most venoms contain neurotoxic…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Models
W. Dauer
,
S. Przedborski
Neuron
2003
Corpus ID: 10400095
Review
2000
Review
2000
Neurotoxins affecting neuroexocytosis.
G. Schiavo
,
M. Matteoli
,
C. Montecucco
Physiological Reviews
2000
Corpus ID: 18556807
Nerve terminals are specific sites of action of a very large number of toxins produced by many different organisms. The mechanism…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
From Ionic Currents to Molecular Mechanisms The Structure and Function of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
W. Catterall
Neuron
2000
Corpus ID: 17928749
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Diffusible, nonfibrillar ligands derived from Abeta1-42 are potent central nervous system neurotoxins.
M. Lambert
,
A. Barlow
,
+12 authors
W. Klein
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1998
Corpus ID: 28329526
Abeta1-42 is a self-associating peptide whose neurotoxic derivatives are thought to play a role in Alzheimer's pathogenesis…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Synaptic vesicle membrane fusion complex: action of clostridial neurotoxins on assembly.
T. Hayashi
,
H. McMahon
,
+4 authors
H. Niemann
EMBO Journal
1994
Corpus ID: 45690449
Clostridial neurotoxins inhibit neurotransmitter release by selective and specific intracellular proteolysis of synaptobrevin…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Botulinum neurotoxin A selectively cleaves the synaptic protein SNAP-25
J. Blasi
,
E. Chapman
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+6 authors
R. Jahn
Nature
1993
Corpus ID: 4256783
NEUROTRANSMITTER release is potently blocked by a group of structurally related toxin proteins produced by Clostridium botulinum1…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Tetanus and botulinum-B neurotoxins block neurotransmitter release by proteolytic cleavage of synaptobrevin
G. Schiavo
,
F. Benfenati
,
+4 authors
C. Montecucco
Nature
1992
Corpus ID: 4241066
CLOSTRIDIAL neurotoxins, including tetanus toxin and the seven serotypes of botulinum toxin (A–G), are produced as single chains…
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells
M. Yanagisawa
,
H. Kurihara
,
+6 authors
T. Masaki
Nature
1988
Corpus ID: 4308549
An endothelium-derived 21-residue vasoconstrictor peptide, endothelin, has been isolated, and shown to be one of the most potent…
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Peptide neurotoxins from fish-hunting cone snails.
B. Olivera
,
W. Gray
,
+5 authors
L. Cruz
Science
1985
Corpus ID: 25524504
To paralyze their more agile prey, the venomous fish-hunting cone snails (Conus) have developed a potent biochemical strategy…
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Review
1980
Review
1980
Neurotoxins that act on voltage-sensitive sodium channels in excitable membranes.
W. Catterall
Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
1980
Corpus ID: 44791087
A large number of biological toxins exert their toxic effects by modifying the properties of voltage-sensitive sodium channels…
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