NeurosciencePLoS neglected tropical diseasesPeer-reviewed
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…·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.