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Tetrodotoxin blocks action potentials by binding with the voltage-gated, fast sodium (Na+) channels in neural membranes.
This prevents the influx of sodium ions required to propagate an action potential.
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What does TTX do to voltage-gated Na channels?
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a natural inhibitor and blocks single sodium channels in an all-or-none manner.
The apparent curving of the winds is called?
the Coriolis effect
What are the benificial effect?
benificial effect
What effect does lithium have on thyroid gland?
no effect.
Is there a neurotoxin or other substance that can paralyze the body but keep a person in consciousness and that can be mixed with a liquid and still have its effect when drank?
There is a neurotoxin found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, and in some other amphibians including newts, toads, and frogs called tetrodotoxin. See wikipedia for an exhaustive treatment of it's mechanism. Voodoo magicians in Haiti made this topic famous by using the toxin from a certain type of frog to induce a comatose-like state in a person. The person would be taken for dead, (and though still conscious) buried, and then exhumed by those who would use these brain-damaged people to work on sugar cane farms as slaves.
What is the structure of the bonds in tetrodotoxin?
See the wikipedia article on tetrodotoxin, TTX.
Why does tetrodotoxin effect your muscles?
It blocks the sodium channels that are required to create action potential in the muscles to make them contract.
Can you taste tetrodotoxin?
no
How do fugu produce tetrodotoxin?
Scientists have found that toxic fugu have unique exocrine glands for the secretion of tetrodotoxin. The fish appear to actively produce the toxin, rather than passively acquire it from the environment.
Is there a poison that xan cause brain damage?
neurotoxins, like tetrodotoxin
Is a blue ring octupus toxic?
A Blue ring Ooctopus does have toxic called tetrodotoxin.
What are some poisons that begin with the letter t?
Tetrodotoxin is a poison. It begins with the letter t.
What is puffer fish toxin?
Puffer fish have a very strong toxin in their bodies that is called tetrodotoxin.
What animals has tetrodotoxin?
Tetrodotoxin is a potent neurotoxin with no known antidote. It gets its name from "Tetraodontiforme", the name of the order of fish that carry the toxin. Tetraodontiforme includes animals such as the pufferfish, procupinefish, and ocean sunfish.
What molecules make up Tetrodotoxin?
Tetrodotoxin binds to voltage gated sodium channels and blocks them from passing sodium into cells. These channels are a critical part of the functioning of nerve cells and blocking the movement of sodium effectively blocks the transmission of information along the nerve cells. This in turns leads to paralysis in the animal or person that was exposed to tetrodotoxin.
C11 H17 N3 O8- what is the poison?
Tetrodotoxin from the blow fish (puffer fish), Spherodinides Tetrodontus.
What type of venom does a toadfish have?
It's a type of tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxic venom similar to the kind found in fugu (Japanese blowfish).
