Dublin, May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Tetrodotoxin Citrate Market 2021-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global Tetrodotoxin citrate market is ...

Pufferfish are famous for containing one of the most potent natural toxins known: tetrodotoxin. But what would happen if a massive whale swallowed a poisonous pufferfish? This video dives into the ...

The neurotoxin tetrodotoxin has been found for the first time in two species living out of water. Tetrodotoxin is a potent paralysis-inducing neurotoxin found in a multitude of aquatic organisms, but ...

Opioids remain a mainstay of treatment for chronic and surgical pain, despite their side effects and risk for addiction and overdose. While conventional local anesthetics block pain very effectively, ...

Some newts living in the western United States are poisonous, perhaps thanks to bacteria living on their skin. Tetrodotoxin, or TTX, prevents nerve cells from sending signals that tell muscles to move ...

In Japan, puffer fish is considered a delicacy, but the tickle to the taste buds comes with a tickle to the nerves: fugu contains tetrodotoxin, a strong nerve toxin. In low doses, tetrodotoxin is ...

The generalization that tetrodotoxin selectively blocks all-or-none electrical activity of nerve and muscle but has negligible effect upon graded responses of sensory systems does not appear to be ...

Tetrodotoxin (3 $\times $ 10$^{-8}$ molar) promoted the release of thiamine from perfused rat and frog nerve preparations in a manner similar to other neuroactive drugs. When the rats were injected ...