TETANUS toxin is thought to act by suppressing synaptic inhibition 1, and presumably it acts upon some substance at the inhibitory synapses in the grey matter of nervous tissue. As a possible ...

With a toxoid vaccine, the goal is to condition the immune system to combat not an invading virus or bacteria but rather a toxin produced by that invading virus or bacteria. The tetanus shot is ...

According to Tilson, tetanus develops when bacteria enter the body through deep cuts or wounds, which then creates bacteria that produces a toxin known as tetanospasmin which affects the nervous ...