Table 1.

Effects on differentiation in neural stem cells exposed to 100 µM BMAA and their daughter cells (D1 and D2).

Cells	Control	BMAA
Exposed neural stem cells
Neurons	43.38 ± 4.15	22.9 ± 1.92***
Astrocytes	24.38 ± 3.25	27.49 ± 13
Oligodendrocytes	10.24 ± 3.45	4.17 ± 1.91*
Undifferentiated cells	21.26 ± 4.94	46.27 ± 7.73*
D1 daughter cells
Neurons	36.98 ± 8.88	17.74 ± 7*
Astrocytes	25.34 ± 3.97	11.31 ± 2.23*
Oligodendrocytes	13.84 ± 6.85	11.74 ± 2.5
Undifferentiated cells	22.83 ± 12	59.2 ± 8**
D2 daughter cells
Neurons	40.73 ± 5.52	22.68 ± 3.48**
Astrocytes	22.67 ± 5.75	29.23 ± 16
Oligodendrocytes	25.28 ±	10 ± 2.06**
Undifferentiated cells	11.4 ± 5.9	40.02 ± 12*

Results are expressed as percentage for total events (10,000 events).

Statistically significant differences from control are indicated as follow: ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01, and *p < 0.05 (Student’s t-test).