Botulinum toxin type A in experimental neuropathic pain

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(Note to all: this is the most current reference to neuropathy and

neuropathic pain there is; and this was only experimental and conducted

on rats, not humans; this was also conducted in Croatia, and refers to

surgical neuropathy, not inherited neuropathy,l ike CMT. ~ Gretchen)

J Neural Transm. 2005 Feb;112(2):215-9.

Botulinum toxin type A in experimental neuropathic pain.

Bach-Rojecky L, Relja M, Lackovic Z.

Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry,

University of Zagreb, Croatia.

A peripheral application of botulinum toxin type A (7 U/kg) has

significantly reduced thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity in rats

with the partial sciatic nerve transection as a classical model of

surgical neuropathy.