The cyanobacterial saxitoxin exacerbates neural cell death and brain malformations induced by Zika virus
Carolina da S. G. Pedrosa, Letícia R. Q. Souza, Tiago Araújo Gomes, Caroline V. F. de Lima, Pítia Flores Ledur, Karina Karmirian, Jimena Barbeito‐Andrés, Marcelo do N. Costa, Luiza M. Higa, Átila Duque Rossi, Maria Bellio, Amílcar Tanuri, Arnaldo Prata‐Barbosa, Fernanda Freire Tovar-Moll, Patricia Pestana Garcez, , Stevens Kastrup Rehen
This paper investigates whether saxitoxin from cyanobacteria worsens neural damage caused by Zika virus in Brazil, finding increased cell death and brain abnormalities in experimental models.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Mar 12, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience