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A substance, often exquisitely toxic, that inhibits neuronal function. Neurotoxins act typically against the sodium channel (e.g. TTX) or block or enhance synaptic transmission (curare, bungarotoxin).
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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