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Biotechnological Trends in Spider and Scorpion Antivenom Development [PDF]

, 2016
Spiders and scorpions are notorious for their fearful dispositions and their ability to inject venom into prey and predators, causing symptoms such as necrosis, paralysis, and excruciating pain.
Engmark, Mikael, Jappe, Emma Christine, Lauridsen, Line P., Laustsen, Andreas Hougaard, Oscoz Cob, Saioa, Solà, Mireia   +5 more
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Descripción de una especie nueva de alacrán con importancia médica del género Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del estado de Colima, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2009
Se describe Centruroides hirsutipalpus sp. nov. de la región de Minatitlán, Colima. Se compara con las especies morfológica y geográficamente más cercanas, C. elegans Thorell y C.
Javier Ponce-Saavedra, Oscar F. Francke
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Study of the Acute Toxicity of Scorpion Leiurus macroctenus Venom in Rats. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Background. The expansion of the territory of human habitation leads to inevitable interference in the natural range of distribution of one or another species of animals, some of which may be dangerous for human life. Scorpions—the Arachnida class and order Scorpiones—can be considered as such typical representatives.
Gunas V, Maievskyi O, Raksha N, Vovk T, Savchuk O, Shchypanskyi S, Gunas I.   +6 more
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Systematics of the Arboreal Neotropical ‘thorellii’ Clade of Centruroides Bark Scorpions (Buthidae) and the Efficacy of Mini-Barcodes for Museum Specimens

Diversity, 2021
Fragmented and degraded DNA is pervasive among museum specimens, hindering molecular phylogenetics and species identification. Mini-barcodes, 200–300-base-pair (bp) fragments of barcoding genes, have proven effective for species-level identification of ...
Aaron M. Goodman, Lorenzo Prendini, Lauren A. Esposito   +2 more
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Subdivision of arthropod cap-n-collar expression domains is restricted to Mandibulata [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The monophyly of Mandibulata - the division of arthropods uniting pancrustaceans and myriapods - is consistent with several morphological characters, such as the presence of sensory appendages called antennae and the eponymous biting ...
Extavour, Cassandra G, Gupta, Tripti, Schwager, Evelyn E, Sharma, Prashant P, Wheeler, Ward C   +4 more
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Accident caused by Centruroides testaceus (DeGeer, 1778) (Scorpiones, Buthidae), native to the Caribbean, in Brazilian airport

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
Describes the case of a 6-year-old girl who was stung by a Centruroides testaceus, a scorpion native to the Lesser Antilles, in the Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil, as she disembarked from a flight coming from the Caribbean.
Ricardo Antônio Lobo, Paulo André Margonari Goldoni, Cláudio Augusto Ribeiro de Souza, Carlos Roberto de Medeiros   +3 more
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Comparative venom gland transcriptome analysis of the scorpion Lychas mucronatus reveals intraspecific toxic gene diversity and new venomous components [PDF]

, 2010
Background Lychas mucronatus is one scorpion species widely distributed in Southeast Asia and southern China. Anything is hardly known about its venom components, despite the fact that it can often cause human accidents.
Zhao Ruiming, Ma Yibao, He Yawen, Di Zhiyong, Wu Yingliang, Cao Zhijian, Li Wenxin   +6 more
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An animal model of oxaliplatin-induced cold allodynia reveals a crucial role for Na(v)1.6 in peripheral pain pathways [PDF]

, 2013
Cold allodynia, pain in response to cooling, occurs during or within hours of oxaliplatin infusion and is thought to arise from a direct effect of oxaliplatin on peripheral sensory neurons.
Abrahamsen, Adelsberger, Alloui, Almeida, Argyriou, Attal, Bautista, Benoit, Burgess, Caldwell, Carr, Cersosimo, Colburn, Cox, de la Pena, Descoeur, Dhaka, Ehrsson, Fischer, Frankenhaeuser, Gauchan, Graham, Grolleau, Hensel, Jong, Kagiava, Krishnan, Leo, Ling, Liu, Luo, Madrid, Maingret, Nassini, Park, Peier, Rasband, Reid, Renn, Rush, Sakurai, Schafer, Schiavon, Shields, Sittl, Sittl, Story, Takeshita, Teichert, Vetter, Vetter, Viana, Wilson, Xiao, Yu, Zamudio, Zhang, Zhao, Zimmermann, Zimmermann   +59 more
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Una especie nueva de alacrán del género Centruroides de importancia médica (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del estado de Guerrero, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2013
Se describe Centruroides villegasi sp. nov. del municipio de Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, que es la novena especie de Centruroides registrada para el estado. Se compara con C.
José Guadalupe Baldazo Monsivaiz, Javier Ponce Saavedra, Miguel Flores Moreno   +2 more
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Predation in nature by a scorpion-hunter, Stenorrhina freminvillei (Serpentes, Colubridae)

Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2012
Los contenidos estomacales confirman que, en la naturaleza, Stenorrhina freminvillei consume escorpiones relativamente pequeños, iniciando por la parte cefálica. PALABRAS CLAVE Serpentes, Stenorrhina, escorpión, Centruroides, depredación, veneno.
Alejandro Solórzano, Harry W. Greene
doaj   +1 more source