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This study investigated systemic and local skeletal responses to reduced masticatory muscle function using botulinum neurotoxin type A (BTX) in growing mice. Four-week-old male mice were divided into three groups: a saline-injected Sham group; a BTX-injected group (both injected into the right masseter muscle); and an untreated control group. Blood samples, body weight, and mandibular deviation were assessed 2, 4, and 8 weeks after injection or control treatment. Mandibular morphology was evaluated using micro-computed tomography and histology. Masseter muscle weight was measured, and bulk RNA sequencing of the right mandibular condyle was performed. Body weight and masseter muscle weight were significantly lower in the BTX group throughout the experimental period. BTX treatment induced mandibular deviation and transient changes in condylar cartilage thickness and bone morphology, which became comparable to those of the Sham group at week 8. 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