The pharmacology of batrachotoxin. II. Effect on electrical properties of the mammalian nerve and skeletal muscle membranes.

Acetylcholine/pharmacology Action Potentials/drug effects Animals Antitoxins Calcium/pharmacology Cell Membrane Permeability/drug effects Diaphragm/drug effects Electrophysiology/drug effects In Vitro Techniques Membrane Potentials/drug effects Microelectrodes Microscopy, Electron Muscle Denervation Muscles/drug effects Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents/antagonists & inhibitors,pharmacology Neuromuscular Junction/cytology,drug effects Potassium/pharmacology Rats Sodium/pharmacology Synaptic Transmission/drug effects Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology Time Factors Toxins, Biological/pharmacology

Antitoxins Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents Toxins, Biological Tetrodotoxin Sodium Acetylcholine Potassium Calcium