How To Use Neurotoxin In A Sentence
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It is responsible for fish kills in mariculture operations in Japan and is reported to produce a neurotoxin related to those causing NSP.
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Tetanus infection can cause production of a neurotoxin, leading to tetanic muscle contractions.
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In addition, the octopus can inject a powerful neurotoxin that is stored in the salivary glands to disable or kill its prey.
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The poison in fugu is neurotoxin tetrodotoxin and although it is not always fatal, it can cause an unpleasant death.
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Instead the authors attempt to downplay the hazards of mercury, a highly potent neurotoxin itself linked to developmental disorders, and they make the preposterous, insupportable assertion that reducing any air pollution from power plants will "do nothing" to reduce health threats.
EPA Is On to Something on Mercury
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Rosin contains abietic acid, which is a respiratory irritant, carcinogen, neurotoxin, and is known for its reproductive and developmental toxicity.
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The list of neurotoxins is long and varied so that only a few examples are used below to show the range of mechanisms: b-Bungarotoxin (a potent venom of elapid snakes) prevents the release of neurotransmitters
Neurotoxicity
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The poison of Aspartame dipeptide is a deadly neurotoxin and genotoxin.
ASPARTAME IS NEUROTOXIC GENOTOXIC MOLECULAR FOOD & VACCINE PHARMACO-GENOCIDE
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While the EPA has been working on a gradual phase-out, Wal-Mart simply decided to ban the chemical, a neurotoxin that the EPA says is "persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic to both humans and the environment.
Carl Pope: Green Sprouts in the Sidewalk?
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Ciguatera poisoning from fish is caused by a neurotoxin (ciguatoxin) present in the dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus. 13 The toxin is passed through the food chain and becomes concentrated in larger fish (greater thanthree kilograms) such as the kingfish and the sturgeon.
Fish poisonings and envenomations
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Generally, neurotoxins affecting neurotransmission act to increase or decrease the release of a neurotransmitter at the presynaptic membrane, block receptors at the postsynaptic membrane, or modify the inactivation process of the neurotransmitter.
Neurotoxicity
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These chemicals include known or probable carcinogens, neurotoxins and reproductive toxins.
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But the Southern Pacific also produces a neurotoxin, which is more serious because it quickly affects breathing and muscle control.
Scientific American
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If pornography is like a "neurotoxin" that "damages the brain" as some U.S.
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Since scent is considered a trade secret and is not required by law to be disclosed, the generic term fragrance on a label is actually a catch-all term for nearly 4,000 (mostly man-made) chemicals that can trigger allergies, disrupt hormones, and act as neurotoxins.
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These palsies generally are caused by the secretion of neurotoxins or the compressive effect of the destructive process through the relevant foramina.
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But if I dumped some kind of neurotoxin all over myself, I wouldn't give a s*!
The Naked Truth
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This potent neurotoxin bioaccumulates in freshwater fish and seafood and is especially dangerous to the developing fetus.
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Cobra attacks its prey by spitting poisonous venom called neurotoxin.
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Other herbal extracts, essence of sage which contains camphor, a well-known convulsant, and essence of hysop which contains pinocamphone, a neurotoxin, are commonly encountered ‘natural remedies.’
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Tetanus infection can cause production of a neurotoxin, leading to tetanic muscle contractions.
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This deadly neurotoxin is one of the most poisonous nonprotein substances known.
The Serpent and the Rainbow
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The fat-soluble neurotoxins solanine and chaconine are present in potatoes and can be detected in the bloodstream of all potato eaters.
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Botulinum toxin is a potent neurotoxin that blocks the cholinergic nerve terminals.
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Once the bacteria are in the body, they produce a neurotoxin (a protein that acts as a poison to the body's nervous system) known as tetanospasmin that causes muscle spasms.
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Cellular and animal studies have shown that uranium is a kidney toxin, neurotoxin, immunotoxin, mutagen
American Chronicle
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As stated earlier, clostridial organisms producing neurotoxins A, B, and E account for nearly all known human botulism on a worldwide basis; this is certainly also true in the United States.
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Interestingly, some toxigenic strains of clostridial species other than C botulinum are capable of producing botulinum neurotoxin.
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The Chamorro people make tortillas of flour from seeds of cycads, which carry potent chemicals such as the neurotoxin BMAA.
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The pesticides act as neurotoxins on insects and were thought to be less toxic for birds and mammals.
Times, Sunday Times
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Mercury (thimerosal) is another toxic heavy metal, a known developmental neurotoxin, that is used in some mascaras and eye drops.
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Ciguatera poisoning from fish is caused by a neurotoxin (ciguatoxin) present in the dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus toxicus. 13 The toxin is passed through the food chain and becomes concentrated in larger fish (greater thanthree kilograms) such as the kingfish and the sturgeon.
Fish poisonings and envenomations
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Another round of tests released yesterday again found microcystin, a liver toxin, and a neurotoxin called anatoxin-a.
The Columbus Dispatch Feed
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The poison of Aspartame dipeptide is a deadly neurotoxin and genotoxin.
ASPARTAME IS NEUROTOXIC GENOTOXIC MOLECULAR FOOD & VACCINE PHARMACO-GENOCIDE
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But although government agencies now admit that neurotoxins - for example isomers of tri-cresyl phosphate - are present in these fumes, they claim their quantities pose no threat to health.
HEADLINES
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The pesticides act as neurotoxins on insects and were thought to be less toxic for birds and mammals.
Times, Sunday Times
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While 3 out of the 6 birds tested were positive for domoic acid, we cannot conclude that the neurotoxin is the primary cause of the widespread illness.
Edhat Santa Barbara
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The pufferfish contains a neurotoxin and, if not prepared properly, can quickly kill a human being who eats it (which, of course, makes it all that much more interesting for thrill seekers).
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The toxic ingredients are of various types, ranging from local irritants to convulsants, hallucinogens, and neurotoxins (nerve poisons).
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Another round of tests released today again found microcystin, a liver toxin, and a neurotoxin called anatoxin-a.
The Columbus Dispatch Feed
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Did you know that eel is never served raw because the blood carries a neurotoxin (a cubic centimeter of which injected into a rabbit causes instant convulsions and death)?
James Prosek: 'Eels': The World's Most Mysterious Fish
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The kind of neurotoxin that motivated Timothy McVeigh is now served up in quantity on national television.
Stupid Evil Bastard
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The fugu is a famous fish, at least as a Japanese sushi dish containing a potentially lethal neurotoxin that was featured on an episode of The Simpsons.
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One of the worst offenders is called chlorpyrifos, a known neurotoxin and carcinogen.
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And that pornography is not a "neurotoxin" that damages the brain as some anti-pornography "crusaders" claim: "As for the persistent perception that pornography breeds crime against women: aggressive men don't need porn as an incentive to be violent.
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Children experience developmental problems caused by unseen risks such as known carcinogens and neurotoxins like lead, mercury and pesticides.
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Tetrodotoxin is a powerful neurotoxin found in the skin, liver, ovary, intestine and muscle of the pufferfish species (globefish, blowfish, balloon fish, toadfish).
Fish poisonings and envenomations
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The black widow spider and its relatives produce neurotoxins.
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The shot is known to contain mercury a potent neurotoxin and squalene which has been linked to a number of diseases.
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The active ingredient of Coccolus indica is picrotoxin. It is a neurotoxin. Do not over dose.
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However, some strains of Alexandrium tamarense produce very potent neurotoxins known as paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs).
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Fluoride is a potential immunotoxin, embryotoxin and neurotoxin.
Shane Jolley dot com
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The pesticide methyl iodide, which is a known neurotoxin nerve poison, will now be legal to fumigate onto California strawberry fields.
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They've also gained notoriety as New York's number one source for releases of suspected endocrine, gastrointestinal, liver, cardiovascular, kidney, respiratory and reproductive toxicants as well as neurotoxins.
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Cosmetics tested were found to contain a variety of industrial chemicals, including phthalates (reproductive toxins) and glycol ethers (neurotoxins).
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The amendment arose from a long-standing interest in lessening human exposure to mercury, a known neurotoxin and nephrotoxin.
Thimerosal
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Repeated cellular and animal studies have shown that uranium is a kidney toxin, neurotoxin, immunotoxin, mutagen, carcinogen and teratogen.
Infowars
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Alternatively, in these cases NGF may subserve other functions which may somehow be linked with the poisonous action of snake venom, one can envisage the possibility that a highly specific neurotropic molecule such as NGF is utilized by reptiles as a carrier of other neurotoxins devoid of specific receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later
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Polypeptide neurotoxins act as competitive antagonists and include the venoms from snakes of the Elapidae (cobras, kraits, mambas, coral snakes, etc.) and Hydrophidae (sea snakes) families.
