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Painful toxins acting at TRPV1 [PDF]

, 2008
Many plant and animal toxins cause aversive behaviors in animals due to their pungent or unpleasant taste or because they cause other unpleasant senstations like pain.
Cromer, B, McIntyre, P
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A Cascaded Strategy With Embodied Artificial Intelligence: Forward Kinematics Solutions for CCRobot‐S

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel cable‐climbing mechanism: the Collaborative Climbing Robot Squad (CCRobot‐S), a variant of Reconfigurable Cable‐Driven Parallel Robots (R‐CDPR), specifically designed for the inspection and maintenance of stay cables.
Zhenliang Zheng, Yongyuan Xu, Xuchun He, Tin Lun Lam, Ning Ding   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phospholipase D toxins of brown spider venom convert lysophosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin to cyclic phosphates. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Venoms of brown spiders in the genus Loxosceles contain phospholipase D enzyme toxins that can cause severe dermonecrosis and even death in humans.
Daniel M Lajoie, Pamela A Zobel-Thropp, Vlad K Kumirov, Vahe Bandarian, Greta J Binford, Matthew H J Cordes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuroactive venom compounds obtained from Phlogiellus bundokalbo as potential leads for neurodegenerative diseases: insights on their acetylcholinesterase and beta-secretase inhibitory activities in vitro

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background Spider venom is a rich cocktail of neuroactive compounds designed to prey capture and defense against predators that act on neuronal membrane proteins, in particular, acetylcholinesterases (AChE) that regulate synaptic transmission through ...
Simon Miguel M. Lopez, Jeremey S. Aguilar, Jerene Bashia B. Fernandez, Angelic Gayle J. Lao, Mitzi Rain R. Estrella, Mark Kevin P. Devanadera, Cydee Marie V. Ramones, Aaron Joseph L. Villaraza, Leonardo A. Guevarra Jr., Myla R. Santiago-Bautista, Librado A. Santiago   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diversification of a single ancestral gene into a successful toxin superfamily in highly venomous Australian funnel-web spiders [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Spiders have evolved pharmacologically complex venoms that serve to rapidly subdue prey and deter predators. The major toxic factors in most spider venoms are small, disulfide-rich peptides.
Antunes, A, Darling, A, Fry, BG, Kely, L, King, GF, Pineda, SS, Sollod, BL, Sunagar, K, Undheim, EAB, Wilson, D   +9 more
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The Emotional Valence of Hyperrationality in STEM Learning: Reinscriptions and Contestations of Coloniality

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the special issue Centering Affect and Emotion Toward Justice and Dignity in Science Education, this paper examines the emergence and performance of hyperrationality in STEM classrooms. Hyperrationality describes verbal and embodied expressions whereby learners try to maintain an appearance of neutrality and emotional distance to ...
Natalie R. Davis, Thomas M. Philip
wiley   +1 more source

Two Novel Mosquitocidal Peptides Isolated from the Venom of the Bahia Scarlet Tarantula (Lasiodora klugi)

Toxins, 2023
Effective control of diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti is primarily achieved through vector control by chemical insecticides. However, the emergence of insecticide resistance in A. aegypti undermines current control efforts.
Jamila Ahmed, Andrew A. Walker, Hugo D. Perdomo, Shaodong Guo, Samantha A. Nixon, Irina Vetter, Hilary I. Okoh, Dalhatu M. Shehu, Mohammed N. Shuaibu, Iliya S. Ndams, Glenn F. King, Volker Herzig   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fluctuating futures: coming of age in the biggest social housing neighbourhood in Milan Futurs fluctuants : passage à l’âge adulte dans le plus grand quartier de logements sociaux de Milan

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article – part of a six‐year ethnographic research project – aims to deconstruct and ‘decolonize’ essentialized notions of adolescence and youth, primarily through the application of the category of intersectionality. The research focuses on a series of educational initiatives implemented in San Siro, one of Milan's largest public housing ...
Paolo Grassi
wiley   +1 more source

Poisonous Spiders: Bites, Symptoms, and Treatment; an Educational Re-view

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common problem among people, however few of them are harmful but delay in treatment can cause death.
Farzad Rahmani, Seyed Mahdi Banan Khojasteh, Hanieh Ebrahimi Bakhtavr, Farnaz Rahmani, Kavous Shahsavari Nia, Gholamreza Faridaalaee   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

CSTX-1, a toxin from the venom of the hunting spider Cupiennius salei, is a selective blocker of L-type calcium channels in mammalian neurons [PDF]

, 2007
The inhibitor cystine-knot motif identified in the structure of CSTX-1 from Cupiennius salei venom suggests that this toxin may act as a blocker of ion channels.
Beirão, PSL, Boehm, S, Chong, Y, Cruz, JS, Kubista, H, Kuhn-Nentwig, L, Mafra, RA, Nentwig, W, Nicholson, GM   +8 more
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