Domoic Acid Was Identified as the Toxin Responsible for an Outbreak

Multiple Choice

Domoic acid was identified as the toxin responsible for an outbreak of human poisoning that occurred in Canada in 1987 following consumption of contaminated blue mussels. The poisoning was characterized by a constellation of clinical symptoms and signs. Among the most prominent features described was memory impairment, which led to the name Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning [ASP]. From what you have learned, which brain areas are most likely damaged?

A) Hippcampus and amygdala
B) Frontal lobes and associative areas
C) thalamus and frontal lobes
D) Cerebellum and thalamus
E) reticular formation and pons