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Elapidα-toxins have no effect on the cholinergic responses of bivalve myocardia

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Elapidα-toxins (α-bungarotoxin,α-cobratoxin and crudeBungarus caeruleus venom) do not affect the myocardial nicotinic ACh receptors of the following bivalve molluscs:Mercenaria mercenaria, Chione cancellata, Mya arenaria, Mytilus edulis, Rangia cuneata andCrassostrea virginica.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University, 32306, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

    S. D. Painter & M. J. Greenberg

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Acknowledgments. This work was supported by N.I.H. grant HL-09283 to M.J.G.; it is contribution No. 102 from the Tallahassee, Sopchoppy and Gulf Coast Marine Biological Association.

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Painter, S.D., Greenberg, M.J. Elapidα-toxins have no effect on the cholinergic responses of bivalve myocardia. Experientia 34, 1608–1609 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034704

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