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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Increases during Blood-Brain Barrier-Enhanced Permeability Caused by Phoneutria nigriventer Spider Venom

Phoneutria nigriventer spider accidental envenomation provokes neurotoxic manifestations, which when critical, results in epileptic-like episodes. In rats, P. nigriventer venom (PNV) causes blood-brain barrier breakdown (BBBb). The PNV-induced excitotoxicity results from disturbances on Na(+), K(+)...

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Autores principales: Mendonça, Monique C. P., Soares, Edilene S., Stávale, Leila M., Kalapothakis, Evanguedes, Cruz-Höfling, Maria Alice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25247186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/721968