no edit summary
Line 46: Line 46:  
**Absorbed toxin affects neuromuscular junction distant from site of toxin production
 
**Absorbed toxin affects neuromuscular junction distant from site of toxin production
 
**Neurotoxin binds irreversibly to ganglioside receptors on motor neurons and is transported to nerve cell body
 
**Neurotoxin binds irreversibly to ganglioside receptors on motor neurons and is transported to nerve cell body
 +
**Toxins transported to terminals of inhibitory neurons where they block transmission of signals
 +
**Spastic paralysis results
 +
**Toxin can be blood-borne and bind to motor terminals throughout the body as well as in the CNS
 +
*Clinical signs:
 
**
 
**
  
462

edits