Lack of cerebral BMAA in human cerebral cortex

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1360-1361

  Snyder, L R ^a   Cruz Aguado, R ^b   Sadilek, M ^a   Galasko, D ^c   Shaw, C A ^b   Montine, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO BETA METHYLAMINOPROPIONATE; ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-METHYLAMINOPROPIONATE; DIAMINO ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GUAM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; AUTOPSY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GUAM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 65349099313     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a0fed1     Document Type: Article

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