Abstract
The importance of the toxin of Clostridium tetani as a pharmacological tool is related to the suppression of certain types of central inhibition in vertebrates by both this toxin and strychnine. Although the actions of these substances on inhibitory synaptic transmission are not identical, both appear to affect the same type of synapse, which occurs predominantly in the spinal cord and which for convenience has been classified as “strychnine-sensitive.”
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Curtis, D.R. (1971). Tetanus Toxin as a Neuropharmacological Tool. In: Simpson, L.L. (eds) Neuropoisons. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2940-4_12
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