ArticleToxins2023
Comparison of the Effects of Botulinum Toxin Doses on Nerve Regeneration in Rats with Experimentally Induced Sciatic Nerve Injury.
Article in Toxins, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Clinical and early biochemical responses to botulinum toxin type-A in refractory masticatory myofascial pain: a pilot single-arm study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Proneurogenic and microglial modulatory properties of botulinum neurotoxin in the hippocampus of aging experimental mice.World journal of experimental medicine · 2025Article
- The Neuroregenerative Effects of IncobotulinumtoxinA (Inco/A) in a Nerve Lesion Model of the Rat.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Suppression of skin lesions and SLE nephritis by increasing Treg in MRL/FASAdvances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2025Article
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- Restoration of Memory Along With Neurogenic Enhancement by Therapeutic Botulinum Neurotoxin in a Preclinical Model of Parkinson's Disease.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
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Abstract
This study was designed to compare the effects of various doses of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) on nerve regeneration. Sixty-five six-week-old rats with sciatic nerve injury were randomly allocated to three experimental groups, a control group, and a sham group. The experimental groups received a single session of intraneural BoNT/A (3.5, 7.0, or 14 U/kg) injection immediately after nerve-crushing injury. The control group received normal intraneural saline injections after sciatic nerve injury. At three, six, and nine weeks after nerve damage, immunofluorescence staining, an ELISA, and toluidine blue staining was used to evaluate the regenerated nerves. Serial sciatic functional index analyses and electrophysiological tests were performed every week for nine weeks. A higher expression of GFAP, S100β, GAP43, NF200, BDNF, and NGF was seen in the 3.5 U/kg and 7.0 U/kg BoNT/A groups. The average area and myelin thickness were significantly greater in the 3.5 U/kg and 7.0 U/kg BoNT/A groups. The sciatic functional index and compound muscle action potential amplitudes exhibited similar trends. These findings indicate that the 3.5 U/kg and 7.0 U/kg BoNT/A groups exhibited better nerve regeneration than the 14 U/kg BoNT/A and control group. As the 3.5 U/kg and the 7.0 U/kg BoNT/A groups exhibited no statistical difference, we recommend using 3.5 U/kg BoNT/A for its cost-effectiveness.
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