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3. Possani L. D. Handbook of Natural Toxins, A. T. Tu. Marcel Dekker Inc, New York 1984; 513, The contribution of Brazilian scientists on this subject can be seen in reviews by: Diniz, C. R., in Arthropod venoms, edited by S. Bettini, p. 379, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1978 and Freire-Maia, L. and Campos, J. A., in Natural toxins, edited by C. L. Ownby and G. B. Odell, p. 139, Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1989. Among other additional informations are: Toledo, D. and Neves, A. G. A., Purification and partial characterization of a second toxin from the scorpion Tityus serrulatus, Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 55B:249, 1976; Machado, J. C. and Silveira F., J. F., Obtenção experimental da pancreatite hemorrágica aguda no cão por veneno escorpiônico, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 40/41:1, 1976/77; Novaˇes, G., Catanzaro, D. L., Beraldo, W. T. and Freire-Maia, L., Effect of purified scorpion toxin (tityustoxin) on the pancreatic secretion of the rat, Toxicon 20:847, 1982; Sampaio, S. V., Laure, C. J. and Giglio, J. R., Isolation and characterization of toxic proteins from the venom of the Brazilian scorpion Tityus serrulatus, Toxicon 21:265, 1983; Marangoni, S., Ghiso, J., Sampaio, S. V., Arantes, E. C., Giglio, J. R., Oliveira, B. and Frangione, B., The complete amino acid sequence of toxin TsTX-VI isolated from the venom of the scorpion Tityus serrulatus, J. Prot. Chem., 9:595, 1990
4. Activation of the action potential Na+ ionophore by neurotoxins. An allosteric model
5. Two types of scorpion toxin receptor sites, one related to the activation, the other to the inactivation of the action potential sodium channel