What is a household neurotoxin? Neurotoxins are toxins that are destructive to nerve tissue (causing neurotoxicity). ... Common examples of neurotoxins includelead, ethanol (drinking alcohol), glutamate, nitric oxide, botulinum toxin (e.g. Botox), tetanus toxin, and tetrodotoxin. ...
However, hemotoxic snake venoms do contain neurotoxins, i.e., compounds directed towards specific molecular targets involved in the propagation of the nerve impulse. The neurotoxicity of snake venom is manifested mainly in the disruption of the neuromuscular transmission, primarily in the skeletal ...