Tetrodotoxin
Drug / Medication
A potent neurotoxin found in fugu fish, which selectively blocks sodium channels, causing peripheral paralysis and dramatically low metabolic rates, central to the Haitian zombie phenomenon.
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Tim Ferriss
A potent neurotoxin found in fugu fish, which selectively blocks sodium channels, causing peripheral paralysis and dramatically low metabolic rates, central to the Haitian zombie phenomenon.
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Tim Ferriss
A toxin from pufferfish implicated by Wade Davis in the pharmacological explanation for Haitian zombies, and which some animals have evolved resistance to.