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ReviewNeurotoxicology2008

Use of non-mammalian alternative models for neurotoxicological study.

Randall T Peterson, Richard Nass, Windy A Boyd, Jonathan H Freedman, Ke Dong, Toshio Narahashi

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Review in Neurotoxicology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Randall T PetersonMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Richard Nass
Windy A Boyd
Jonathan H Freedman
Ke Dong
Toshio Narahashi

Funding

NTP MediumThroughput C. elegans Screening FacilityZIAES102046 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FREEDMAN, JONATHAN H · 2009 to 2013
$13.6M
Comparative Genomic Responses to Environmental StressorsZIAES102045 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FREEDMAN, JONATHAN H · 2009 to 2014
$6.9M
MODE OF ACTION OF INSECTICIDES--ELECTROPHYSIOLOGYR01NS014143 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI NARAHASHI, TOSHIO · 1985 to 2004
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS014143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of neurotoxicology needs to satisfy two opposing demands: the testing of a growing list of chemicals, and resource limitations and ethical concerns associated with testing using traditional mammalian species. National and international government agencies have defined a need to reduce, refine or replace mammalian species in toxicological testing with alternative testing methods and non-mammalian models. Toxicological assays using alternative animal models may relieve some of this pressure by allowing testing of more compounds while reducing expense and using fewer mammals. Recent advances in genetic technologies and the strong conservation between human and non-mammalian genomes allow for the dissection of the molecular pathways involved in neurotoxicological responses and neurological diseases using genetically tractable organisms. In this review, applications of four non-mammalian species, zebrafish, cockroach, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans, in the investigation of neurotoxicology and neurological diseases are presented.

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Animal Testing AlternativesAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansChloride ChannelsEnvironmental PollutantsGlutamic AcidInsectaInsecticidesManganese PoisoningNervous System DiseasesPyrethrinsSodium ChannelsToxicologyZebrafishChloride ChannelsEnvironmental PollutantsGlutamic AcidInsecticidesPyrethrinsSodium Channels

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PMID18538410
PMCPMC2702842

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