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A closer look to botulinum neurotoxin type A-induced analgesia

Bao-Lin Guo1, Chen-Xi Zheng, Bing-Dong Sui

  • 1Department of Anatomy and K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, People's Republic of China.

Toxicon : Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology
|June 11, 2013
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Keywords:
AnalgesiaBoNT/ABoNTsBotulinum neurotoxin type ABotulinum neurotoxinsCCBsCCICGRPCNSCPRSCalcitonin gene-related peptideCalcium channel blockersCentral nervous systemChronic constriction injuryChronic painComplex regional pain syndromeGABAGamma-aminobutyric acidHCHeavy chainLCLight chainMFPSMyofascal pain syndromeRARheumatoid arthritisSNAPSNARESPSoluble N-ethyl maleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptorSubstance PSynaptosomal associated proteinSynaptosomal associated protein of 25 kDaTCAsTNTRPVTransient receptor potential vanilloidTricyclic antidepressantsTrigeminal neuralgiaVASVisual analogue scale

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