Toxic algal blooms may cause seizures in sea lions

Monday, June 9, 2008 - 19:35 in Biology & Nature

Scientists, reporting in the current issue of the online journal Marine Drugs, state that an increase of epileptic seizures and behavioral abnormalities in California sea lions can result from low-dose exposure to domoic acid as a fetus. read more

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