Table 1.

Effects of 100 µM BMAA on NSC differentiation in exposed (P1) and daugther cells (D1 and D2)

	Control	BMAA
P1
Neurons	31.72 ± 3.61	16.66 ± 3.20***
Astrocytes	34.38 ± 3.25	15.49 ± 8.88**
Oligodendrocytes	15.75 ± 1.59	9.42 ± 3.3*
Undifferentiated cells	18.14 ± 5.78	58.44 ± 13.25***
D1
Neurons	43.5 ± 1.37	28.69 ± 5.33**
Astrocytes	30.18 ± 3.45	16.62 ± 7.55*
Oligodendrocytes	16.21 ± 1.93	9.31 ± 2.5
Undifferentiated cells	10.57 ± 3.02	45.26 ± 11.44**
D2
Neurons	25.58 ± 6.88	26.54 ± 9.24
Astrocytes	34.28 ± 3.7	18.32 ± 7.02**
Oligodendrocytes	9.52 ± 3.67	12.83 ± 0.82
Undifferentiated cells	30.61 ± 3.75	42.31 ± 8.97

Results are expressed as percentage of counted cells (10,000 events)

***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01 and *p < 0.05 (Student's t-test)