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软骨藻酸是一种天然的海产品毒素,食用受污染的贝类可导致病人腹泻、呕吐、癫痫和记忆丧失等急性症状。现在,一项近期研究表明子宫内大鼠暴露于即使很少量的软骨藻酸也会产生轻微、长期的认知损害。新的发现认为这样一个可能性,即孕妇不小心食用了低水平软骨藻酸污染的贝类也可能会使她们未出身的孩子面临终身行为障碍的危险,杜克大学医学中心的精神病学教授Edward
D. Levin介绍说。Levin是这项研究的作者之一,其论文发表在2005年9~10月版的《神经毒性与畸形》(Neurotoxicology
and Teratology)杂志上。