"Scorpions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Arthropods of the order Scorpiones, of which 1500 to 2000 species have been described. The most common live in tropical or subtropical areas. They are nocturnal and feed principally on insects and other arthropods. They are large arachnids but do not attack man spontaneously. They have a venomous sting. Their medical significance varies considerably and is dependent on their habits and venom potency rather than on their size. At most, the sting is equivalent to that of a hornet but certain species possess a highly toxic venom potentially fatal to humans. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Smith, Insects and Other Arthropods of Medical Importance, 1973, p417; Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, p503)
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D012605
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.661
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scorpions" by people in Profiles.
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Evidence of learning walks related to scorpion home burrow navigation. J Exp Biol. 2022 06 15; 225(12).
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Identification and Characterization of Novel Proteins from Arizona Bark Scorpion Venom That Inhibit Nav1.8, a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Regulator of Pain Signaling. Toxins (Basel). 2021 07 18; 13(7).
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Investigating sensory processing in the pectines of the striped bark scorpion, Centruroides vittatus. Invert Neurosci. 2019 07 31; 19(3):9.
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Functionally redundant peg sensilla on the scorpion pecten. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2011 Sep; 197(9):895-902.
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Electrophysiology of scorpion PEG sensilla. J Vis Exp. 2011 Apr 13; (50).
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A new tip-recording method to test scorpion pecten chemoresponses to water-soluble stimulants. J Neurosci Methods. 2010 Nov 30; 193(2):264-70.
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Electrophysiological analysis of synaptic interactions within peg sensilla of scorpion pectines. Microsc Res Tech. 2002 Aug 15; 58(4):325-34.
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Electrophysiological evidence of synaptic interactions within chemosensory sensilla of scorpion pectines. J Comp Physiol A. 1997 Sep; 181(3):301-7.
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Response properties of chemosensory peg sensilla on the pectines of scorpions. J Comp Physiol A. 1997 Sep; 181(3):291-300.