Random amplified polymorphisms between two South American subspecies of rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus collilineatus and Crotalus durissus terrificus) [PDF]
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2001 The present work was made to determine the suitability of RAPD analysis for the identification of specimens of two subspecies of South American rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus terrificus and Crotalus durissus collilineatus).
Sergio Echeverrigaray +3 more
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Toxicon, 1991 A comparative study was performed with the venoms of newborn Crotalus durissus durissus, adult Crotalus durissus terrificus and adult Crotalus durissus durissus snakes. Venom of newborn specimens of C.d.
Furtado, María de Fátima +3 more
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The Evolutionary Implications of Hemipenial Morphology of Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurent, 1768) (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Most amniotes vertebrates have an intromittent organ to deliver semen. The reptile Sphenodon and most birds lost the ancestral penis and developed a cloaca-cloaca mating.
Marcovan Porto +10 more
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Toxicon, 2015 A myographic study was performed to compare the neuromuscular effects of venoms and crotoxin-like proteins from Crotalus durissus ruruima and Crotalus durissus cumanensis in mice phrenic-diaphragm preparation.
Garrido Cavalcante, Walter Luis +6 more
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Local and systemic effects caused by Crotalus durissus terrificus, Crotalus durissus collilineatus, and Crotalus durissus cascavella snake venoms in swiss mice [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019 INTRODUCTION: Crotalus envenomations cause serious complications and can be fatal without appropriate treatment. Venom isoforms present and inter/intraspecific variations in the venom composition can result in different symptoms presented by bites by ...
Letícia Helena de Carvalho +13 more
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Liver dysfunction in patients bitten by Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768) snakes in Botucatu (State of São Paulo, Brazil) Alterações hepáticas em doentes picados por serpentes Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768) na região de Botucatu, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1995 Thirty-two patients bitten by venomous snakes sixteen by Bothrops spp. and sixteen by Crotalus durissus terrificus were studied. The group comprised thirty males and two females, aged eight to sixty-three years (mean 33±15).
Benedito Barra Viera +3 more
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Role of crotoxin, a phospholipase A2 isolated from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom, on inflammatory and immune reactions [PDF]
Mediators of Inflammation, 2001 Background: Crotoxin (CTX) is a potent neurotoxin from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom (CdtV) composed of two subunits: one without catalytic activity (crotapotin), and a basic phospolipase A2.
Diva F. Cardoso +4 more
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Actions of Crotalus durissus terrificus venom and crotoxin on the isolated rat kidney
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2001 Many studies have reported the occurrence of lethal acute renal failure after snakebites. The aim of the present investigation was to determine alterations in renal function produced by Crotalus durissus terrificus venom and crotoxin as well as the ...
H.S.A. Monteiro +3 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1991 São analisados três pacientes que apresentaram comprometimento da função respiratória após acidente por Crotalus durissus. As manifestações respiratórias surgiram nas primeiras 48 horas após a picada do ofídio e consistiram de dispnéia, taquipnéia, uso ...
Carlos Faria Santos Amaral +2 more
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Tetrodotoxin-insensitive electrical field stimulation-induced contractions on Crotalus durissus terrificus corpus cavernosum. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Reptiles are the first amniotes to develop an intromitent penis, however until now the mechanisms involved in the electrical field stimulation-induced contraction on corpora cavernosa isolated from Crotalus durissus terrificus were not investigated ...
Rafael Campos +8 more
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