"omega-Conotoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of structurally related neurotoxic peptides from mollusk venom that inhibit voltage-activated entry of calcium into the presynaptic membrane. They selectively inhibit N-, P-, and Q-type calcium channels.
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D020960
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.888.590.162.720 D23.946.580.590.162.720 D23.946.833.590.162.720
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "omega-Conotoxins" by people in Profiles.
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Ca2+ current in rabbit carotid body glomus cells is conducted by multiple types of high-voltage-activated Ca2+ channels. J Neurophysiol. 1997 Nov; 78(5):2467-74.
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Involvement of N- and non-N-type calcium channels in synaptic transmission at corticostriatal synapses. Neuroscience. 1994 Sep; 62(1):31-40.
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Tumor necrosis factor modulates Ca2+ currents in cultured sympathetic neurons. J Neurosci. 1992 Jul; 12(7):2665-71.