image: Neurons expressing NK1R, which convey pain to the brain, took up the injected botulinum (bright green) without toxicity in the hindbrain of mice. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 18 July, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Maiarù at University College London in London, UK; and colleagues was titled, "Selective neuronal silencing using synthetic botulinum molecules alleviates chronic pain in mice." view more
Credit: M. Maiarù <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine </i>(2018)