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Published online 1 April 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.719
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Botox toxin gets into rat brains
Botilinum can travel along nerves and degrade proteins in the brain stem.
Researchers have seen how the nerve-blocking botilinum toxin, made famous by wrinkle-banishing Botox, can be carried from a site of injection in rats into the brain. Once there, the toxin can degrade proteins and act on nerves.
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i suggest you to research about the influence of Botox for human brain... If its could treated some disorders in rats muscular,it might be has a possibility to treat some disorders in human brain... thanks for your attentions... tiurma