Has shown that botulinum toxin injections not only affect muscles, but also the emotional control centre in the brain: Professor Dr. Tillmann Krüger. Copyright: ’Karin Kaiser / MHH’.
Has shown that botulinum toxin injections not only affect muscles, but also the emotional control centre in the brain: Professor Dr. Tillmann Krüger. Copyright: 'Karin Kaiser / MHH'. Study shows effect on amygdala in temporal lobe The bacterial toxin botulinum toxin (BTX) - colloquially known as Botox - is probably known to most people as a remedy for wrinkles. But botulinum toxin can do even more: if it is injected into the forehead, for example, it can alleviate depression. It also dampens negative emotions in people with borderline personality disorder, who suffer from extreme mood swings.Tillmann Krüger, senior physician and research group leader at the Clinic for Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Hannover Medical School (MHH), proved this years ago - together with his colleague Privatdozent (PD) Dr. Marc Axel Wollmer from the Asklepios Campus Hamburg of Semmelweis University. Now the psychiatrists have found out where and how BTX influences the negative programme in the brain. With the help of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), they have visualised the neuronal effects in borderline patients.
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