Botulinum toxin: an update on pharmacology and newer products in development

S Choudhury, MR Baker, S Chatterjee, H Kumar - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since its introduction as a treatment for strabismus, botulinum toxin (BoNT) has had a
phenomenal journey and is now recommended as first-line treatment for focal dystonia …

Botulinum neurotoxins in central nervous system: An overview from animal models to human therapy

S Luvisetto - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are potent inhibitors of synaptic vesicle fusion and
transmitter release. The natural target of BoNTs is the peripheral neuromuscular junction …

Treatment of spasticity in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy in Northern Europe: a CP-North registry study

G Hägglund, SJ Hollung, M Ahonen, GL Andersen… - BMC neurology, 2021 - Springer
Background Spasticity is present in more than 80% of the population with cerebral palsy
(CP). The aim of this study was to describe and compare the use of three spasticity reducing …

Clostridium botulinum type C, D, C/D, and D/C: An update

F Meurens, F Carlin, M Federighi, ME Filippitzi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Clostridium botulinum is the main causative agent of botulism, a neurological disease
encountered in humans as well as animals. Nine types of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) …

Premonitory urges and tics in Tourette syndrome: computational mechanisms and neural correlates

VA Conceição, Â Dias, AC Farinha, TV Maia - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•The somatosensory cortices and the insula are implicated in premonitory
urges.•The insula may serve as a gateway between premonitory urges and …

Engineering botulinum neurotoxins for enhanced therapeutic applications and vaccine development

C Rasetti-Escargueil, MR Popoff - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) show increasing therapeutic applications ranging from
treatment of locally paralyzed muscles to cosmetic benefits. At first, in the 1970s, BoNT was …

How does botulinum toxin inhibit itch?

P Gazerani - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Two decades after reports of the anti-pruritic effects of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), there
is still no approved product for the anti-itch indication of BoNTs, and most clinical case …

Бруксизм как неврологическая проблема (обзор литературы)

ОР Орлова, АЮ Алексеева, ЛР Мингазова… - Нервно-мышечные …, 2018 - cyberleninka.ru
Бруксизм–стереотипные движения нижней челюсти, сопровождающиеся трением или
сжатием зубов. Бруксизм имеет 2 циркадных проявления: во время сна (ночной …

Treatment with Botulinum toxin A in a total population of children with cerebral palsy-a retrospective cohort registry study

M Franzén, G Hägglund… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) has been used to reduce spasticity in
children with cerebral palsy (CP) for decades. The purpose of this study was to analyze to …

Lidocaine alleviates inflammation and pruritus in atopic dermatitis by blocking different population of sensory neurons

PY Sun, HG Li, QY Xu, Z Zhang… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Purpose Atopic dermatitis is a common chronic pruritic
inflammatory disease of the skin involving neuro‐immune communication. Neuronal …