Apamin therapeutic effect on Parkinson's disease. Dopamine, which is depleted in this disease, will be released from midbrain dopaminergic neurons when these SK channels are inhibited. SK channels have also been proposed as targets for the treatment of epilepsy, emotional disorders and schizophrenia. Apamin Apamin is an 18 amino acid peptide neurotoxin found in apitoxin (bee venom). Dry bee venom consists of 2–3% of apamin. Apamin selectively blocks SK channels, a type of Ca-activated K channel expressed in the central nervous system. Toxicity is caused by only a few amino acids, these are cysteine, lysine, arginine, arginine and histidine. These amino
Venom (band) released that year. In 1985, Venom released their fourth studio album, "Possessed", which was not as successful as their previous albums. By this time Venom had released several singles ("Warhead", "Die Hard" and "Manitou" to name a few) and live EPs ("The Assault Series" including "Canadian Assault", "American Assault" and "French Assault"). Cronos and Abaddon appeared on the "Combat Tour Live: The Ultimate Revenge" video with Slayer and Exodus. Dunn then left the band to pursue a solo career. Cronos cites the "Possessed" album as underestimated. "I don't think there's any songs that are kind of overlooked, I just think