"Apamin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A highly neurotoxic polypeptide from the venom of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). It consists of 18 amino acids with two disulfide bridges and causes hyperexcitability resulting in convulsions and respiratory paralysis.
| Descriptor ID |
D001030
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.888.065.115.060 D23.946.833.065.115.060
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Apamin" by people in Profiles.
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Activation of small conductance Ca2+ -activated K+ channels suppresses Ca2+ transient and action potential alternans in ventricular myocytes. J Physiol. 2023 01; 601(1):51-67.
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Homeostatic synapse-driven membrane plasticity in nucleus accumbens neurons. J Neurosci. 2009 May 06; 29(18):5820-31.
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Ion channels in human THP-1 monocytes. J Membr Biol. 1996 Jul; 152(2):117-30.