Special Issue Title:

Marine Drugs and Ion Channels

Guest Editor: Hugo R. Arias

Managing Editor: Shu-Kun Lin

Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) Center,

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Index:

1. Marine toxins targeting ion channels (H.R. Arias)

2. Cnidarian toxins acting on voltage-gated ion channels (S.R. Messerli and R.M. Greenberg).

3. Ciguatoxins: cyclic polyether modulators of voltage-gated ion channel function (G.M. Nicholson and R.J. Lewis)

4. Conotoxins: Therapeutic potential and applications (R.T. Layer and J.M. McIntosh)

5. The structural basis and functional consequences of interactions between tetrodotoxin and voltage-gated sodium channels (S.L. Geffeny and P.C. Ruben)

6. Marine toxins that target voltage-gated sodium channels (A. Al-Sabi, J. McArthur, V. Ostroumov, and R.J. French).

7. w-Conotoxins GVIA, MVIIA and CVID: Structure-activity relationship and clinical potential (C.I. Schroeder and R.J. Lewis)

8. Interaction of SO-3 conotoxin with N-type calcium channels (Y. Zhang)

9. The chemistry and pharmacology of anatoxin-a and related homotropanes with respect to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (S. Wonnacott and T. Gallagher)

10. The nemertine toxin anabaseine and its derivative DMXBA (GTS-21): Chemical and pharmacological properties (W. Kem, F. Soti, S. LeFrancois, K. Wildeboer, K. MacDougall, Wei, D., Chou, K-C. and H.R. Arias)

Author Name	Complete Address	E-mail
Peter C. Ruben, Ph.D.	Department of Biology Utah State University 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322-5305, USA TE: (435) 797-2136/2490 FAX: (435) 797-1575	[email protected]
Shana L. Geffeney, Ph.D.	Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology Stanford University 279 Campus Drive, Beckman Center B115 Stanford, CA, USA TE: (650) 724-4345 FAX: (650) 725-8021	[email protected]
Graham Nicholson, Ph.D.	Department of Health Sciences University of Technology, Sydney Level 14, Building 1, City Campus P.O. Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007, Sydney, Australia TE: (61-02) 9514-2230 FAX: (61-02) 9514-2228	[email protected]
Richard J. Lewis, Ph.D.	Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland St. Lucia, 4072, QLD, Australia TE: (+61-7) 3346-2984 FAX: (+61-7) 3346-2101	[email protected]
Christina I. Schroeder, Ph.D.	Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland St. Lucia, 4072, QLD, Australia TE: (+61-7) 3346-2984 FAX: (+61-7) 3346-2101
J. Michael McIntosh, Ph.D.	Department of Psychiatry and Department of Biology University of Utah 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840, USA TE: (801) 585-3622 FAX: (801) 585-5010	[email protected] [email protected]
Richard T. Layer, Ph.D.	Cognetix, Inc. 421 Wakara Way, Suite 201 Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA TE: (801) 581-0400; Ext. 220 FAX: (801) 581-9555	[email protected]
Robert J. French, Ph.D.	Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Calgary 3330 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 TE: 1 (403) 220-6893 FAX: 1 (403) 283-8731	[email protected]
Ahmed Al-Sabi, Ph.D.	Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Calgary 3330 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 TE: (403) 220-6893 FAX: (403) 283-8731	[email protected]
Jeff McArthur, Ph.D.	Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Calgary 3330 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 TE: (403) 220-6893 FAX: (403) 283-8731	[email protected]
Vitaly Ostroumov, Ph.D.	Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Calgary 3330 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 TE: (403) 220-6893 FAX: (403) 283-8731	[email protected]
Hugo R. Arias, Ph.D.	Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy Western University of Health Sciences 309 E. 2^nd St., Pomona, CA 91766-1854 TE: (909) 469-5424 FAX: (909) 469-5600	[email protected]
William R. Kem, Ph.D.	Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics College of Medicine University of Florida 1600 S.W. Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA TE: (352) 392-3541 FAX: (352) 392-9696	[email protected]
Ferenc Soti, Ph.D.	Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics College of Medicine University of Florida 1600 S.W. Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA TE: (352) 392-3541 FAX: (352) 392-9696
Susan LeFrancois,	Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics College of Medicine University of Florida 1600 S.W. Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA TE: (352) 392-3541 FAX: (352) 392-9696
Kristin Wildeboer	Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics College of Medicine University of Florida 1600 S.W. Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA TE: (352) 392-3541 FAX: (352) 392-9696
Kelly MacDougall	Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics College of Medicine University of Florida 1600 S.W. Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA TE: (352) 392-3541 FAX: (352) 392-9696
Dong-Qing Wei, Ph.D.	Gordon Life Institute 13784 Torrey Del Mar Drive, San Diego, CA 92130, USA	[email protected]
Kuo-Chen Chou, Ph.D.	Gordon Life Institute 13784 Torrey Del Mar Drive, San Diego, CA 92130, USA	[email protected]
Susan Wonnacott, Ph.D.	Department of Biology and Biochemistry University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY, UK TE: 44 (0)1225-386391 FAX: 44 (0)1225-386779	[email protected]
Timothy Gallagher, Ph.D.	Department of Chemistry School of Chemistry University of Bristol Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK TE: FAX:
Yongxiang Zhang, Ph.D. and M.D.	Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology 27, Tai-Ping Road Beijing 100850, China TE: +86 (10) 6818-2998 FAX: +86 (10) 6827-0676	[email protected]
Robert M. Greenberg, Ph.D.	Marine Biological Laboratory L-219 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543 TE: (508) 289-7910 FAX: (508) 540-6902	[email protected]
Shanta M. Messerli, Ph.D.	Marine Biological Laboratory L-219 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543 TE: (508) 289-7910 FAX: (508) 540-6902	[email protected]