TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER USING BOTULINUM TOXIN A

摘要

Methods are disclosed for treating post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a subject. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin to a corrugator supercilli and/or a procerus muscle of the subject to cause paralysis of the corrugator supercilli and/or a procerus muscle in the subject, thereby treating PTSD. The neurotoxin can be Botulinum toxin A, such as at a dose of about 20 to about 50 units of Botulinum toxin A.