Cyanobacteria and BMAA: Possible linkage with avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM) in the south-eastern United States

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 71-73

  Bidigare, Robert R ^a   Christensen, Stephanie J ^a   Wilde, Susan B ^b   Banack, Sandra Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Institute for Ethnomedicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian vacuolar myelinopathy; BMAA; Cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

AVIAN VACUOLAR MYELINOPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DUCKS AND GEESE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; HYDROCHARITACEAE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; AMINO ACIDS, DICARBOXYLIC; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549199263     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903273056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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