List of works - Paul Alan Cox

A mechanism for slow release of biomagnified cyanobacterial neurotoxins and neurodegenerative disease in Guam

scientific article

A nonprotein amino acid and neurodegeneration

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

BMAA, Neurodegeneration, and Neuroprotection

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Biomagnification of cyanobacterial neurotoxins and neurodegenerative disease among the Chamorro people of Guam ⬇️

scientific article published on November 11, 2003

Biomagnification of cycad neurotoxins in flying foxes: implications for ALS-PDC in Guam

scientific article (publication date: 12 August 2003)

Co-occurrence of beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid with other cyanobacterial toxins in British waterbodies, 1990-2004.

scientific article published in March 2008

Competitive exclusion of Cyanobacterial species in the Great Salt Lake.

scientific article

Conclusion to the Symposium: the seven pillars of the cyanobacteria/BMAA hypothesis.

scientific article

Consumption of fa cai Nostoc soup: a potential for BMAA exposure from Nostoc cyanobacteria in China?

scientific article

Cyanobacteria (Nostoc commune) used as a dietary item in the Peruvian highlands produce the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA.

scientific article published on 14 April 2008

Cyanobacteria and BMAA exposure from desert dust: a possible link to sporadic ALS among Gulf War veterans

scientific article

Cyanobacteria produce N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine, a backbone for peptide nucleic acids which may have been the first genetic molecules for life on Earth ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Cyanobacterial neurotoxin BMAA and brain pathology in stranded dolphins

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

Cyanobacterial neurotoxin BMAA in ALS and Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 26 February 2009

Cyanotoxins and the Nervous System

scientific article published in 2021

Cyanotoxins in desert environments may present a risk to human health.

scientific article

Cycad neurotoxins, consumption of flying foxes, and ALS-PDC disease in Guam

scientific article (publication date: 26 March 2002)

Detection of cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-l-alanine within shellfish in the diet of an ALS patient in Florida.

scientific article published on 11 August 2014

Detection of cyanotoxins, β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and microcystins, from a lake surrounded by cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

scientific article published on 29 January 2015

Dietary BMAA exposure in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cluster from southern France

scientific article published in 2013

Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain

scientific article

Distinguishing the cyanobacterial neurotoxin beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) from its structural isomer 2,4-diaminobutyric acid (2,4-DAB).

scientific article published on 16 June 2010

Distinguishing the cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) from other diamino acids.

scientific article

Do vervets and macaques respond differently to BMAA?

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Ensuring Equitable Benefits: The Falealupo Covenant and the Isolation of Anti-Viral Drug Prostratin from a Samoan Medicinal Plant ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2001

Equal sex ratios of a marine green alga, Bryopsis plumosa

scientific article published in June 2008

Evolutionary trajectories explain the diversified evolution of isogamy and anisogamy in marine green algae

scientific article

Flying Foxes as Strong Interactors in South Pacific Island Ecosystems: A Conservation Hypothesis

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Giving Samoan healers credit for prostratin

scientific article published in June 2008

Grazing livestock are exposed to terrestrial cyanobacteria.

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Is exposure to cyanobacteria an environmental risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases?

scientific article published on 04 January 2013

Linking β-methylamino-L-alanine exposure to sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Annapolis, MD

scientific article

Nitrogen starvation of cyanobacteria results in the production of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: August 2011)

Phase I clinical trial of safety of L-serine for ALS patients.

scientific article published on 2 September 2016

Production of the neurotoxin BMAA by a marine cyanobacterium

scientific article published on 6 December 2007

The non-protein amino acid BMAA is misincorporated into human proteins in place of L-serine causing protein misfolding and aggregation

scientific article published in 2013

Variability in content of the anti-AIDS drug candidate prostratin in Samoan populations of Homalanthus nutans. ⬇️

scientific article published on December 2008

List of works by Paul Alan Cox

A mechanism for slow release of biomagnified cyanobacterial neurotoxins and neurodegenerative disease in Guam

A nonprotein amino acid and neurodegeneration

BMAA, Neurodegeneration, and Neuroprotection

Biomagnification of cyanobacterial neurotoxins and neurodegenerative disease among the Chamorro people of Guam ⬇️

Biomagnification of cycad neurotoxins in flying foxes: implications for ALS-PDC in Guam

Co-occurrence of beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid with other cyanobacterial toxins in British waterbodies, 1990-2004.

Competitive exclusion of Cyanobacterial species in the Great Salt Lake.

Conclusion to the Symposium: the seven pillars of the cyanobacteria/BMAA hypothesis.

Consumption of fa cai Nostoc soup: a potential for BMAA exposure from Nostoc cyanobacteria in China?

Cyanobacteria (Nostoc commune) used as a dietary item in the Peruvian highlands produce the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA.

Cyanobacteria and BMAA exposure from desert dust: a possible link to sporadic ALS among Gulf War veterans

Cyanobacteria produce N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine, a backbone for peptide nucleic acids which may have been the first genetic molecules for life on Earth ⬇️

Cyanobacterial neurotoxin BMAA and brain pathology in stranded dolphins

Cyanobacterial neurotoxin BMAA in ALS and Alzheimer's disease

Cyanotoxins and the Nervous System

Cyanotoxins in desert environments may present a risk to human health.

Cycad neurotoxins, consumption of flying foxes, and ALS-PDC disease in Guam

Detection of cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-l-alanine within shellfish in the diet of an ALS patient in Florida.

Detection of cyanotoxins, β-N-methylamino-L-alanine and microcystins, from a lake surrounded by cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Dietary BMAA exposure in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cluster from southern France

Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain

Distinguishing the cyanobacterial neurotoxin beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) from its structural isomer 2,4-diaminobutyric acid (2,4-DAB).

Distinguishing the cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) from other diamino acids.

Do vervets and macaques respond differently to BMAA?

Ensuring Equitable Benefits: The Falealupo Covenant and the Isolation of Anti-Viral Drug Prostratin from a Samoan Medicinal Plant ⬇️

Equal sex ratios of a marine green alga, Bryopsis plumosa

Evolutionary trajectories explain the diversified evolution of isogamy and anisogamy in marine green algae

Flying Foxes as Strong Interactors in South Pacific Island Ecosystems: A Conservation Hypothesis

Giving Samoan healers credit for prostratin

Grazing livestock are exposed to terrestrial cyanobacteria.

Is exposure to cyanobacteria an environmental risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases?

Linking β-methylamino-L-alanine exposure to sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Annapolis, MD

Nitrogen starvation of cyanobacteria results in the production of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine ⬇️

Phase I clinical trial of safety of L-serine for ALS patients.

Production of the neurotoxin BMAA by a marine cyanobacterium

The non-protein amino acid BMAA is misincorporated into human proteins in place of L-serine causing protein misfolding and aggregation

Variability in content of the anti-AIDS drug candidate prostratin in Samoan populations of Homalanthus nutans. ⬇️