| Literature DB >> 19154335 |
Matteo Caleo1, Flavia Antonucci, Laura Restani, Riccardo Mazzocchio.
Abstract
Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) is a metalloprotease that enters peripheral motor nerve terminals and blocks the release of acetylcholine via the specific cleavage of the synaptosomal-associated protein of 25-kDa. Localized injections of BoNT/A are widely employed in clinical neurology to treat several human diseases characterized by muscle hyperactivity. It is generally assumed that the effects of BoNT/A remain localized to the injection site. However, several neurophysiological studies have provided evidence for central effects of BoNT/A, raising the issue of how these actions arise. Here we review these data and discuss the possibility that retrograde axonal transport of catalytically active BoNT/A may explain at least some of its effects at the level of central circuits.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19154335 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05887.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurochem ISSN: 0022-3042 Impact factor: 5.372