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Acute β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine Toxicity in a Mouse Model

The cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) is considered to be an “excitotoxin,” and its suggested mechanism of action is killing neurons. Long-term exposure to L-BMAA is believed to lead to neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases and a...

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Autores principales: Al-Sammak, Maitham Ahmed, Rogers, Douglas G., Hoagland, Kyle D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26604922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/739746