Sign Up for a Free Account

This is an image preview.
Start a Free Account
to view the full image.

Sign Up for a Free Account For information on discounts, see Plans & Pricing

  • Nearly 3,000 illustrations, including video clips of neurologic disorders.

  • Every article is reviewed by our esteemed Editorial Board for accuracy and currency.

  • Full spectrum of neurology in 1,200 comprehensive articles.

  • Listen to MedLink on the go with Audio versions of each article.

Three-dimensional structural model of the fungal toxin "pleurocybellaziridine"

The fungal toxin "pleurocybellaziridine" (3,3-dimethylaziridine-2-carboxylic acid) is responsible for fatal outbreaks of mushroom poisoning in Japan after ingesting Pleurocybella porrigens mushrooms. These outbreaks present neurologically as acute encephalopathy. (Source: PubChem. Image edited by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)

Related Media