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the only answers are nerve gas, caines, black widow venom, myasthenia gravis, tetrodotoxin, curare, botulism, botox

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antibodies block and destroy ACh receptors

Myasthenia gravis

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progressive weakening of skeletal muscles

myasthenia gravis

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neostigmine, physostigmine

myasthenia gravis treatment

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causes flaccid paralysis

botulism/botox

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produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum

botulism

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botulinum toxin inhibits release of ACh at the neuromuscular junction

botulism

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inhibits release of ACh, used medically for cervical dystonia

botox

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blepharospasm and strabismus treatment

botox

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treatment for severe underarm sweating and facial wrinkles

botox

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active ingredient is tubocurarine, used in blow darts to paralyze prey

Curare

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often used in drugs that are used during surgery

curare

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binds to and blocks ACH receptors, relaxes skeletal muscle

curare

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toxin cleaves SNARE protien

botox/botulism

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blocks voltage-gated Na+ channels

tetrodotoxin

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causes muscle paralysis by blocking voltage gated Na+ channels

tetrodotoxin

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Fugu, made from pufferfish, edible only if poison is removed, Japanese delicacy

tetrodotoxin

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