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==Distribution== Tetanus toxin spreads through tissue spaces into the [[lymphatic system|lymphatic]] and [[vascular system]]s. It enters the nervous system at the [[neuromuscular junction]]s and migrates through nerve trunks and into the [[central nervous system]] (CNS) by retrograde axonal transport by using [[dynein]]s.<ref name = Farrar>{{cite journal | vauthors = Farrar JJ, Yen LM, Cook T, Fairweather N, Binh N, Parry J, Parry CM | title = Tetanus | journal = Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry | volume = 69 | issue = 3 | pages = 292β301 | date = September 2000 | pmid = 10945801 | pmc = 1737078 | doi = 10.1136/jnnp.69.3.292 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lalli G, Gschmeissner S, Schiavo G | title = Myosin Va and microtubule-based motors are required for fast axonal retrograde transport of tetanus toxin in motor neurons | journal = Journal of Cell Science | volume = 116 | issue = Pt 22 | pages = 4639β4650 | date = November 2003 | pmid = 14576357 | doi = 10.1242/jcs.00727 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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