title: Role of the cycad neurotoxin BMAA in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism dementia complex of the western Pacific.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neurosciences Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000599:Amino Acids, Diamino; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D001692:Biological Transport; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D000087522:Cyanobacteria Toxins; D003704:Dementia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005433:Flour / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects; D009498:Neurotoxins; D010139:Pacific Islands; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012639:Seeds / Q000032:analysis; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000599:Amino Acids, Diamino; D000087522:Cyanobacteria Toxins; D009498:Neurotoxins; C001824:beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine