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IN a previous paper1 evidence was presented that there is a relation between the curariform activity of an onium ion and the charge density on its quaternary central atom. A consideration of this theory and of the fact that the paralysing action of curare can be reversed by a fall of temperature2 led to an investigation of the antagonism between curare and the potassium ion3.
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HOLMES, P., JENDEN, D. & TAYLOR, D. Interaction between Curare and the Potassium Ion at the Motor End Plate. Nature 162, 217 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162217a0
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