Botox May Move From Face to Brain, Study in Rats Says (Update1)
Science • April 2008 • Views: 361
This article may actually explain Hollyweird…
April 1 (Bloomberg) — Botulinum neurotoxin type A, sold as Allergan Inc.’s Botox remedy for wrinkles, can move from its injection site to the brain, a study shows.
Scientists injected rats’ whisker muscles with botulism toxin. Tests of the rodents’ brain tissue found that botulism had been transported to the brain stems, the researchers said in the Journal of Neuroscience published April 2.