β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine Induces Neurological Deficits and Shortened Life Span in Drosophila

The neurotoxic non-protein amino acid, β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), was first associated with the high incidence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Parkinsonism Dementia Complex (ALS/PDC) in Guam. Recently, BMAA has been implicated as a fierce environmental factor that contributes to the etiology...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Xianchong, Escala, Wilfredo, Papapetropoulos, Spyridon, Zhai, R. Grace
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins2112663

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins2112663

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