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

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Purdie, E L ^a   Samsudin, S ^b   Eddy, F B ^a   Codd, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; BMAA; Cyanobacteria; Danio; Neurotoxin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; CARBONIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOTA; CYANOBACTERIUM; EMBRYO; GREEN ALGA; LIFE CYCLE; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EXCITOTOXICITY; HATCHING; HEART EDEMA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; ANIMALS; EDEMA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HEART RATE; NEUROTOXINS; SEIZURES; SPINE; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DANIO; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71549144126     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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