Author:
Martin R. J.,Valkanov M. A.,Dale V. M. E.,Robertson A. P.,Murray I.
Abstract
SUMMARYThree groups of anthelmintic drugs act directly and selectively on muscle membrane receptors of parasitic nematodes. These groups of anthelmintics are: (1)The Nicotinic Agonists(levamisole, pyrantel, morantel and oxantel) that act on acetylcholine receptors of nematode somatic muscle; (2)The GAB A Agonist, piperazine, that acts on nematode muscle GABA receptors; and (3)The Avermectinsthat open glutamate gated Cl-channels on nematode pharyngeal muscle. The electrophysiology and pharmacology of muscle and neuromuscular transmission the nematode parasite,Ascaris suum, is outlined and effects of anthelmintics that interfere with transmission described. Resistance to anthelmintics has appeared in some parasitic nematodes but the mechanisms of this resistance remain to be determined
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Animal Science and Zoology,Parasitology
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