Agonists of melatonin receptors strongly promote the functional recovery from the neuroparalysis induced by neurotoxic snakes.

• Main Authors: Giorgia D'Este (Author), Federico Fabris (Author), Marco Stazi (Author), Chiara Baggio (Author), Morena Simonato (Author), Aram Megighian (Author), Michela Rigoni (Author), Samuele Negro (Author), Cesare Montecucco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Snake envenoming is a major, but neglected, tropical disease. Among venomous snakes, those inducing neurotoxicity such as kraits (Bungarus genus) cause a potentially lethal peripheral neuroparalysis with respiratory deficit in a large number of people each year. In order to prevent the development o...