"Botulinum Toxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Toxic proteins produced from the species CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM. The toxins are synthesized as a single peptide chain which is processed into a mature protein consisting of a heavy chain and light chain joined via a disulfide bond. The botulinum toxin light chain is a zinc-dependent protease which is released from the heavy chain upon ENDOCYTOSIS into PRESYNAPTIC NERVE ENDINGS. Once inside the cell the botulinum toxin light chain cleaves specific SNARE proteins which are essential for secretion of ACETYLCHOLINE by SYNAPTIC VESICLES. This inhibition of acetylcholine release results in muscular PARALYSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D001905
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.480.153 D08.811.277.656.675.374.153 D12.776.097.156 D23.946.123.179
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| Concept/Terms |
Botulinum Toxins- Botulinum Toxins
- Toxins, Botulinum
- Botulinum Toxin
- Toxin, Botulinum
- Clostridium botulinum Toxins
- Toxins, Clostridium botulinum
- Botulin
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Botulinum Toxins" by people in Profiles.
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Updated Medical and Surgical Treatment for Common Benign Laryngeal Lesions. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2019 Aug; 52(4):745-757.
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Systematic review of botulinum toxin treatment for oromandibular dystonia. Toxicon. 2018 Jun 01; 147:96-99.
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Longitudinal studies of botulinum toxin in cervical dystonia: Why do patients discontinue therapy? Toxicon. 2018 Jun 01; 147:89-95.
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Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Cervical Dystonia. Semin Neurol. 2016 Feb; 36(1):47-53.
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Writer's cramp. Toxicon. 2015 Dec 01; 107(Pt A):98-104.
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Beyond a motor disorder: a prospective evaluation of sleep quality in cervical dystonia. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014 Apr; 20(4):405-8.
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Diffusion, spread, and migration of botulinum toxin. Mov Disord. 2013 Nov; 28(13):1775-83.
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Jaw-opening dystonia: Quality of life after botulinum toxin injections. Ear Nose Throat J. 2011 Feb; 90(2):E9.
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Treatment of focal dystonias with botulinum neurotoxin. Toxicon. 2009 Oct; 54(5):628-33.
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Assessment: Botulinum neurotoxin for the treatment of movement disorders (an evidence-based review): report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2008 May 06; 70(19):1699-706.