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Botox Reveals New Wrinkle In Brain Communication
National Institutes of Health researchers used the popular anti-wrinkle agent Botox to discover a new and important role for a group of molecules that nerve cells use to quickly send messages. This novel role for the molecules, called SNARES, may be a missing piece that scientists have been searching for to fully understand how brain cells communicate under normal and disease conditions. "The results were very surprising," said Ling-Gang Wu, Ph.D., a scientist at NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Epilepsy Source Type: news

OnabotulinumtoxinA Muscle Injection Patterns in SpasticityOnabotulinumtoxinA Muscle Injection Patterns in Spasticity
This systematic review summarizes the injection sites and dosing patterns of Botox injections for adult spasticity due to a variety of causes such as MS, stroke, or brain or cord injury. BMC Neurology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news

How Botox can help stroke victims: Anti-wrinkle treatment allows paralysed limbs to function better
When injected into the ankle, it eases painful muscle spasms and allows the foot to function more normally.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 22, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The latest lifeline for patients paralysed by strokes... Botox: Anti-wrinkle jab can help restore lost movement
Lesley Berry, 27, from Walsall, developed dystonia after a stroke and it was only when she started receiving Botox jabs that she bounced back.
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news