Journal of Neurological Research and Therapy
Open Access
Murky Water: Cyanobacteria, BMAA and ALS
Sep 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-16-1293
Reginald F. BaughCorresponding author
Cyanobacteria have been implicated in the etiology of ALS for the past 50 years. The weakness of the theories of cyanobacteria or its neurotoxin, BMAA as the etiologic agent in ALS is the iniquitousness of cyanobacteria in the environment. In third world countries, clean water is far from commonplac…