EFFECTS OF BOTULINUM TOXIN ON PATTERN OF INNERVATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE IN MOUSE
EFFECTS OF BOTULINUM TOXIN ON PATTERN OF INNERVATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE IN MOUSE
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DOI:
10.1113/expphysiol.1968.sp001948
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发表时间:
1968-01-01
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通讯作者:
STRICH, SJ
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作者:
DUCHEN, LW;STRICH, SJ
Sublethal quantities of botulinum toxin were injected into the gastrocnemius and hamstring muscles of one leg in mice. Local paralysis and atrophy occurred and persisted for a few weeks. Histological examination showed no degeneration of nerve fibers or of motor nerve endings. Silver impregnations showed that during the period of muscle paralysis there was growth of motor nerve fibers from the terminal arborizations. Nerve fiber overgrowth was accompanied by elongation and abnormal configuration of sites of cholinesterase activity. As muscle function recovered the nerve fiber overgrowth receded and well-formed though still abnormally shaped subneural apparatuses were seen. Nine months after the injection of the toxin, the pattern of innervation of the muscle was still abnormal. The growth of motor nerve fibers after the injection of botulinum toxin appears to be a response to the failure of neuromuscular transmission and is not analogous to regeneration of nerve fibers after trauma.