Type C botulinum toxin causes degeneration of motoneurons in vivo

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-18

  Zhao, Li Chun ^a,b   Yang, Bo ^a   Wang, Rengang ^a   Lipton, Stuart A ^a   Zhang, Dongxian ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neuronal death; Neurotoxin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GROUP II PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; INDOLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; POISONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 74349094739     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328330dcca     Document Type: Article

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