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What does tetrodotoxin mean?

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Noun
  1. (neurotoxicology) A neurotoxin found in Tetraodontiformes such as pufferfish.
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However, only trace amounts of tetrodotoxin have been found in balloonfish, mainly concentrated in the ovaries.
The liver and reproductive organs of the puffer fish contain tetrodotoxin, an extremely powerful nerve poison.
The poison in fugu is neurotoxin tetrodotoxin and although it is not always fatal, it can cause an unpleasant death.
The approach is illustrated with data from a predator-prey arms race between garter snakes and newts that operates through the interface of tetrodotoxin and resistance to it.
The highly selective sodium channel blocker, tetrodotoxin has been instrumental in characterization of voltage-gated sodium channels.
Brachycephalus ephippium is bright orange, and some of its skin glands secrete tetrodotoxin.

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