Background:

Voltage-gated Na⁺channel opener; increases intracellular Ca²⁺with no effect on the Na⁺/Ca²⁺exchanger. Steroid-derived alkaloid neurotoxin. Increases membrane Na⁺permeability and depolarizes excitable tissues.

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