Domoic acid from toxic algal blooms may cause seizures in California sea lions

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. The findings follow an analysis earlier this year led by Frances Gulland of the California Marine Mammal Center that showed this brain disturbance to be a newly recognized chronic disease.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news132252335.html">Domoic acid from toxic algal blooms may cause seizures in California sea lions</a></p> <p>Scientists, reporting in the current issue of the online journal <I>Marine Drugs</I>, 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. The findings follow an analysis earlier this year led by Frances Gulland of the California Marine Mammal Center that showed this brain disturbance to be a newly recognized chronic disease.</p>