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Batrachotoxin (toxin in South American frogs used as arrow poison) and some pesticides (DDT and pyrethroids) increase the permeability of the neuron membrane preventing closure of sodium channels which leads to repetitive firing of the electrical charge and an exaggerated impulse.
Neurotoxicity 2008
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Batrachotoxin alkaloids from passerine birds: a second toxic bird genus (Ifrita kowaldi) from New Guinea.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The Oregon Newt (Taricha torosa), who may have the most powerful toxin of any vertebrate animal, a powerful Batrachotoxin.
DC's 2009
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