Toxins as Tools in Neurochemistry

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of participants -- I. Na-Channels -- Kinetics of Neurotoxin Action at the Nodal Membrane / Ulbricht, Werner -- Modification Of Sodium Channels With Scorpion Toxins And Alkaloids / Naumov, A. P. -- Synthesis of Steroid Alkaloids Active on Sodium Channels / Yelin, E. / Leonov, V. / Tikhomirova, O. / Torgov, I. -- Batrachotoxin - a Tool for Elucidating the Sodium Channel Functional Organization / Khodorov, Boris -- Identification of Sodium Channel Components Interacting with Neurotoxins / Soldatov, Nickolay / Prosolova, Tat'yana / Kovalenko, Victor / Petrenko, Alexander / Grishin, Eugenii / Ovchinnikov, Yuri -- Voltage-Dependent Na-Channels: Comparative Studies in Electrophorus Electricus Preparations / Grünhagen, Hans-Heinrich -- The Interaction of Neurotoxins with the Soluble Proteins of the Excitable Tissues / Lishko, Valeryi -- II. Palytoxin -- Caribbean Palytoxin - A New Tool in Membrane Research / Bèress, Lászlo -- Physiological and Morphological Effects of Palytoxin (Palythoa Caribaeorum) on Skeletal Muscle / Tesseraux, I. / Harris, J.B. / Watkins, S.C. -- Palytoxin - A Cation Ionophore? / Stengelin, S. / Béress, L. / Lauffer, L. / Hucho, F. -- III. Acetylcholine Receptors -- Venoms and Toxins in Neurochemical Research of Insects / Breer, Heinz -- Are there Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Invertebrate Ganglionic Tissue? / Fels, Gregor / Breer, Heinz / Maelicke, Alfred -- The Sites of Neurotoxicity in a-Cobratoxin / Chibber, Bakshy A. / Martin, Brian M. / Walkinshaw, Malcolm D. / Saenger, Wolfram / Maelicke, Alfred -- a-Cobratoxin and a-Bungarotoxin, Two Members of the "Long" Neurotoxin Family - A Structural Comparison / Saenger, Wolfram / Walkinshaw, Maleolm D. / Maelicke, Alfred -- Acetylcholine Receptor Interaction with the Neurotoxin II Photoactivable Derivatives / Tsetlin, Victor / Pluzhnikov, Kirill / Karelin, Andrej / Ivanov, Vadim -- Fluorescence and Circular Dichroism Studies on Snake Venom Neurotoxins and Their Derivatives / Surin, Alexander / Utkin, Yuri / Phuzhnikov, Kirill / Tsetlin, Victor -- Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of Snake Neurotoxin Structure-Function Relationship / Bystrov, V.F. / Tsetlin, V.I. / Karlsson, E. / Paskov, V.S. / Utkin, Yu. / Kondakov, V.V. / Pluzhnikov, K.A. / Asseniev, A.S. / Ivanov, T.V. / Ovchinnikov, Yu.A. -- Photolabeling of Acetylcholine Receptor States with Triphenylmethylphosphonium / Muhn, Peter / Lauffer, Leander / Hucho, Ferdinand -- a-Bungarotoxin and Strychnine as Tools to Characterize Neurotransmitter Receptors of the Central Nervous System / Betz, Heinrich / Graham, David / Pfeiffer, Friedhelm / Rehm, Hubert -- IV. Ca-Channels, Axonal Toxins, Presynaptic Toxins, Cardiotoxin, New Venoms -- Interaction of Toxins and Divalent Cations in Calcium Channels of the Neuronal Membrane / Kostyuk, Platon G. -- Toxins Isolated from the Venom of the Scorpion Centruroides Sculpturatus: Chemical Structure and Electrophysiological Effects / Meves, Hans / Watt, Dean D. -- Chemical Modification of the Sea Anemone Toxin II from Anemonia Sulcata: Synthesis of a Toxic, Phosphorescent Derivative / Rack, Michael / Waschow, Christel -- NMR Conformational Study: Polypeptide Neurotoxins - Honey-Bee Apamin and Scorpion Insectotoxin I5A / Bystrov, Vladimir F. / Arseniev, Alexandr S. / Kondakov, Vladimir I. / Maiorov, Vladimir N. / Okhanov, Viktor V. / Ovchinnikov, Yuri A. -- Effects of Different Spider Venoms on Artificial and Biological Membranes / Tashmukhamedov, B.A. / Usmanov, P.B. / Kazakov, I. / Kalikulov, D. / Yukelson, L.Ya. / Atakuziev, B.U. -- Structural Peculiarities and Mechanism of Action of Presynaptically Acting Neurotoxins from Venoms of Latrodectus and Lithyphantes Spiders / Salikhov, Sh. / Adylbekov, M. / Slavnova, T. / Tashmukhamedov, M. / Abdurakhmanova, J. / Korneyev, A. / Sadykov, A. -- Myotoxic and Neurotoxic Phospholipases A / Mebs, Dietrich -- ß-Bungarotoxin; New Aspects of an Old Approach to the Presynaptic Membrane /