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axitoxin, often acquired by eating contaminated shellfish, causes acute numbness of the tongue and lips. Which one or more of the following toxic mechanisms would you predict to be useful as a prescribed antidote to saxitoxin? (multiple answers may be correct).

Solution

it acts as a selective voltage-gated sodium channels of neurons, preventing normal cellular function and leading to paralysis.