Does α-Amino-β-methylaminopropionic Acid (BMAA) Play a Role in Neurodegeneration?

Early hippocampal cell death, and late learning and memory deficits in rats exposed to the environmental toxin BMAA (β-N-methylamino-l-alanine) during the neonatal period

(2011) Oskar Karlsson et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

β-N-Methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) uptake by the aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum

(2010) M. Esterhuizen et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Cyanobacterial blooms and the occurrence of the neurotoxin, beta-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA), in South Florida aquatic food webs

(2010) Larry E. Brand et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 Mediates the Electrophysiological and Toxic Actions of the Cycad Derivative  -N-Methylamino-L-Alanine on Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta DAergic Neurons

(2010) M. L. Cucchiaroni et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Effects of the cyanobacterial neurotoxin  -N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) on the survival, mobility and reproduction of Daphnia magna

(2010) M. Lurling et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Transfer of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin within a temperate aquatic ecosystem suggests pathways for human exposure

(2010) S. Jonasson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cycas micronesica (Cycadales) plants devoid of endophytic cyanobacteria increase in β-methylamino-l-alanine

(2010) Thomas E. Marler et al.   TOXICON

The Cyanobacteria Derived Toxin Beta-N-Methylamino-L-Alanine and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2010) Sandra A. Banack et al.   Toxins

Cyanobacterial neurotoxin BMAA in ALS and Alzheimer’s disease

(2009) J. Pablo et al.   ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Cyanobacteria and BMAA exposure from desert dust: A possible link to sporadic ALS among Gulf War veterans

(2009) Paul Alan Cox et al.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Previous studies underestimate BMAA concentrations in cycad flour

(2009) Ran Cheng et al.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Beyond Guam: The cyanobacteria/BMAA hypothesis of the cause of ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases

(2009) Walter G. Bradley et al.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Effects of the cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine on the early-life stage development of zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2009) E.L. Purdie et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Augmentation and ionic mechanism of effect of β-N-methylamino-l-alanine in presence of bicarbonate on membrane potential of Retzius nerve cells of the leech Haemopis sanguisuga

(2009) Srdjan Lopicic et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

β-N-methylamino-l-alanine induces oxidative stress and glutamate release through action on system Xc−

(2009) XiaoQian Liu et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

β-N-methylamino-l-alanine inducedin vivoretinal cell death

(2009) Serena Santucci et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

LACK OF CEREBRAL BMAA IN HUMAN CEREBRAL CORTEX

(2009) L. R. Snyder et al.   NEUROLOGY

β-N-Methylaminoalanine (BMAA): Metabolism and metabolic effects in model systems and in neural and other tissues of the rat in vitro

(2009) Peter B. Nunn et al.   TOXICON

Detection of the neurotoxin BMAA within cyanobacteria isolated from freshwater in China

(2009) Aifeng Li et al.   TOXICON

β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) in novel South African cyanobacterial isolates

(2008) M. Esterhuizen et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Co-occurrence of β-N-methylamino-l-alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid with other cyanobacterial toxins in British waterbodies, 1990–2004

(2008) James S. Metcalf et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Animal models of BMAA neurotoxicity: A critical review

(2008) Vardan T. Karamyan et al.   LIFE SCIENCES

The ALS/PDC syndrome of Guam and the cycad hypothesis

(2008) J. C. Steele et al.   NEUROLOGY

Chronic Exposure to Dietary Sterol Glucosides is Neurotoxic to Motor Neurons and Induces an ALS–PDC Phenotype

(2008) R. C. Tabata et al.   NEUROMOLECULAR MEDICINE

Retention of the cyanobacterial neurotoxinβ-N-methylamino-l-alanine in melanin and neuromelanin-containing cells - a possible link between Parkinson-dementia complex and pigmentary retinopathy

(2008) Oskar Karlsson et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: From Current Developments in the Laboratory to Clinical Implications

(2007) Mauro Cozzolino et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING