Botulinum Neurotoxin and Tetanus Toxin

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iv
Copyright, Page v
CONTRIBUTORS, Pages xi-xii
PREFACE, Page xiii, Lance L. Simpson
INTRODUCTION TO ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE, Page 1
CHAPTER 1 - Bacterial Sources of Clostridial Neurotoxins, Pages 3-24, Charles L. Hatheway
CHAPTER 2 - Bacteriophages and Plasmids in Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium tetani and Their Relationship to Production of Toxins, Pages 25-51, M.W. Eklund, F.T. Poysky, W.H. Habig
CHAPTER 3 - The Structure of Botulinum Neurotoxin, Pages 53-67, Bibhuti R. DasGupta
CHAPTER 4 - The Structure of Tetanus Toxin, Pages 69-92, Morihiro Matsuda
INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY, Pages 93-94
CHAPTER 5 - Cell Surface Receptors for Protein Toxins, Pages 95-119, John L. Middlebrook
CHAPTER 6 - Entry of Bacterial Toxins into Mammalian Cells, Pages 121-152, Randal E. Morris, Catharine B. Saelinger
CHAPTER 7 - Peripheral Actions of the Botulinum Toxins, Pages 153-178, Lance L. Simpson
CHAPTER 8 - Peripheral Actions of Tetanus Toxin, Pages 179-202, Florian Dreyer
CHAPTER 9 - Axoplasmic Transport and Transynaptic Movement of Tetanus Toxin, Pages 203-229, Bernard Bizzini
CHAPTER 10 - Clostridial Toxins and the Central Nervous System: Studies on In Situ Tissues, Pages 231-253, Hans H. Wellhöner
CHAPTER 11 - Clostridial Neurotoxins and the Central Nervous System: Functional Studies on Isolated Preparations, Pages 255-279, E. Habermann
CHAPTER 12 - Pharmacologic Antagonism of Clostridial Toxins, Pages 281-298, Stephen Thesleff
INTRODUCTION TO IMMUNOLOGY AND ASSAYS, Page 299
CHAPTER 13 - Antibodies against Botulinum Neurotoxin, Pages 301-318, Shunji Kozaki, Yoichi Kamata, Motohide Takahashi, Tomoko Shimizu, Genji Sakaguchi
CHAPTER 14 - Assays for Botulinum and Tetanus Toxins, Pages 319-331, S. Notermans, J. Nagel
INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL ISSUES, Page 333
CHAPTER 15 - Animal Models of Botulism and Tetanus, Pages 335-350, Manouchehr Dezfulian
CHAPTER 16 - Botulism, Pages 351-378, Carol O. Tacket, Michael A. Rogawski
CHAPTER 17 - Clinical Aspects of Tetanus, Pages 379-398, Thomas P. Bleck
CHAPTER 18 - Clostridial Toxins as Therapeutic Agents, Pages 399-412, Alan B. Scott
Index, Pages 413-422