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Botulinum neurotoxin poisoning prevents the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into the synaptic cleft. Stimulation of the cholinergic nerve is required for the acetylcholine-containing vesicles to attach to the inner surface at specific points of the nerve cell synaptic membrane. Thereupon at these points of attachment the acetylcholine leaves the vesicles to escape into the synaptic cleft by passage across the synaptic membrane. This event has been called exocytosis and is probably the action frustrated by the presence of toxin.
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Lamanna, C. (1993). Thoughts on Action of Botulinum Toxin Suggested by Reversibility of Heart Effects. In: DasGupta, B.R. (eds) Botulinum and Tetanus Neurotoxins. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9542-4_36
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