title: Effects of Conus peptides on the behavior of mice.
abstract: When different cone snail peptides are injected into the CNS of vertebrates, they elicit diverse behaviors primarily because of their selectivity for specific receptor or ion channel subtypes. The subcellular context of the highly localized targets (i.e. the presence of other cellular elements that are functionally linked to the targets of conopeptides) is another determinant of the elicited behavior. Recent studies have advanced our understanding of the mechanisms by which four conopeptides produce different behaviors in mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112-0840, USA. oliveralab@bioscience.utah.edu
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Olivera
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yoshikami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D020916:Conotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice / Q000502:physiology*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D020916:Conotoxins