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Neurotoxins

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Comparative Invertebrate Neurochemistry

Abstract

Various animals employ toxic substances in order to capture their prey or to deter their enemies (Zlotkin, 1973). They can be subdivided into (a) venomous animals — which possess the proper instrumentation for stinging-piercing and the time- and site-directed introduction of their mixtures of toxic substances (defined as venoms) into the circulation or tissues of their prey or opponent; (b) poisonous animals which are devoid of the apparatus for stinging and employ toxic substances for defensive purposes (Blum, 1981).

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