1.
Neurosci Lett
; 30(1): 73-7, 1982 May 17.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6179018
ABSTRACT
4-Aminopyridine and guanidine were administered intraperitoneally to mice during the complete flaccid paralysis induced by treatment with ruthenium red (RuR). At 1-8 min after 4-aminopyridine or guanidine the animals had recovered completely from the paralysis, whereas the control mice injected only with RuR remained paralytic for at least 60 min. Intraperitoneal injections of LaCl3 had no apparent effects on animal motility and did not reverse the paralysis produced by RuR. However, when La3 + was administered 30 min prior to RuR the occurrence of flaccid paralysis was totally prevented. The results obtained are discussed in terms of the possible antagonist effects of the compounds used on acetylcholine release at neuromuscular junctions.
Subject(s)
Aminopyridines/therapeutic use , Guanidines/therapeutic use , Lanthanum/therapeutic use , Paralysis/chemically induced , Ruthenium Red/poisoning , Ruthenium/poisoning , 4-Aminopyridine , Acetylcholine/metabolism , Animals , Guanidine , Mice , Muscle Hypotonia/chemically induced , Neuromuscular Junction/metabolism
2.
Gig Tr Prof Zabol
; (2): 44-5, 1981 Feb.
Article
in Russian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7203112
Subject(s)
Health Status , Health , Occupational Medicine , Ruthenium/adverse effects , Adult , Humans , Middle Aged , Occupational Diseases/chemically induced , Ruthenium/poisoning , USSR
3.
Gig Tr Prof Zabol
; (1): 46-7, 1981 Jan.
Article
in Russian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7227837