Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin. Its name derives from Tetraodontiformes, an order that includes pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, and...

when handled because their venom contains a powerful neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin. The species tends to have a lifespan of approximately two to three years...

from these fish. Fugu possesses a potentially fatal poison known as tetrodotoxin, therefore necessitating meticulous preparation to eliminate poisonous...

combination of psychoactive substances (often the paralyzing pufferfish venom tetrodotoxin and the strong deliriant Datura), which rendered him helpless and seemingly...

the lowest levels of tetrodotoxin resistance, while those that do live in the same area have the highest levels of tetrodotoxin resistance. In populations...

internal organs, such as the liver, and sometimes the skin, contain tetrodotoxin, and are highly toxic to most animals when eaten; nevertheless, the meat...

glutamate, nitric oxide, botulinum toxin (e.g. Botox), tetanus toxin, and tetrodotoxin. Some substances such as nitric oxide and glutamate are in fact essential...

zombification process was more likely the result of a complex interaction of tetrodotoxin, a powerful hallucinogenic plant called Datura, and cultural forces and...

neuromuscular junction. The drug has been shown to reverse saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin toxicity in tissue and animal experiments. In calcium entry blocker overdose...

ingesting a rough-skinned newt. The newt produces a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX), which in this species was formerly called "tarichatoxin". It is...

range from 5 to 8 in (13 to 20 cm). Its skin produces the potent toxin tetrodotoxin. Taricha torosa was divided into two subspecies until 2007, when it was...

background. It is potentially lethal due to the presence of the neurotoxins tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin in its flesh and shell. Zosimus aeneus reaches a size of...

to eat molluscs and sea urchins. Some species are poisonous, having tetrodotoxin in their internal organs, such as the ovaries and liver. This neurotoxin...

Rough-skinned newts have skin glands that contain a powerful nerve poison, tetrodotoxin, as an anti-predator adaptation. Throughout much of the newt's range...

hunting their prey. The blue-ringed octopodes (Hapalochlaena spp.) produce tetrodotoxin, which is extremely toxic to even the healthiest adult humans, though...

spider: Latrotoxin Alpha-latrotoxin CSTX Cupiennins PhTx3 Stromatoxin Vanillotoxin Huwentoxin Mollusca: Conotoxin Eledoisin Onchidal Saxitoxin Tetrodotoxin...

suggesting they do in the wild as well. They do not use their venom (known as tetrodotoxin) to kill their prey, but instead trap it inside their arms and pierce...

sometimes crustaceans. The fish contains lethal amounts of the poison tetrodotoxin in the internal organs, especially the liver and the ovaries, but also...

ability to inflate when threatened and, like many puffers, carry the toxin tetrodotoxin. Fahaka pufferfish, like other molluscivores, feed mainly on benthic...

presence of tetrodotoxin, a very dangerous neurotoxin, was recorded in B. adventitium and B. kewense. It is the first record of tetrodotoxin in terrestrial...

and small fish. When stressed or injured it releases the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) from its skin, which may prove lethal to fish in surrounding waters...

emission vehicles. In 1983, Davis first advanced his hypothesis that tetrodotoxin (TTX) poisoning could explain the existence of Haitian zombies. This...

countries. Puffer fish also accumulate a structurally distinct toxin, tetrodotoxin. Saxitoxin dihydrochloride is an amorphous hygroscopic solid, but X-ray...

considered aposematic (warning colours) since its skin and organs contain tetrodotoxin and similar toxins. Newly hatched B. ephippium are well-camouflaged and...

pufferfish, such as Takifugu V., produce tetrodotoxin in their skin glands. Another organism that releases the tetrodotoxin from their skin are blue-ringed octopuses...

maturity. All species within the genus Taricha possess the biotoxin tetrodotoxin. However, toxicity varies between species and between populations within...

mackerel, and sea bass. Brevetoxin Domoic acid Okadaic acid Saxitoxin Tetrodotoxin Swift AE, Swift TR (2008). "Ciguatera". Journal of Toxicology. Clinical...

Raxatrigine RG7893 (GDC-0287) Toxins: Conotoxins Neosaxitoxin Saxitoxin Tetrodotoxin Zetekitoxin AB Others: Buprenorphine Evenamide Menthol (mint) Safinamide...

as a consequence of coastal habitat destruction and overharvesting. Tetrodotoxin may be present in one horseshoe crab species, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda...

agents are related to Tetrodotoxin, frequently abbreviated as TTX, is a potent neurotoxin with no known antidote. Tetrodotoxin blocks action potentials...