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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2008

Zebrafish: An in vivo model for the study of neurological diseases.

J D Best, Wendy K Alderton

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

J D BestSummit (Cambridge) Ltd., Beach Drive Cambridge, UK.
Wendy K Alderton

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the population ages, there is a growing need for effective therapies for the treatment of neurological diseases. A limited number of therapeutics are currently available to improve cognitive function and research is limited by the need for in vivo models. Zebrafish have recently become a focus of neurobehavioral studies since larvae display neuropathological and behavioral phenotypes that are quantifiable and relate to those seen in man. Due to the small size of Zebrafish larvae, assays can be undertaken in 96 well plates and as the larvae can live in as little as 200 mul of fluid, only a few milligrams of compound are needed for screening. Thus in vivo analysis of the effects of compounds can be undertaken at much earlier stages in the drug discovery process. This review will look at the utility of the zebrafish in the study of neurological diseases and its role in improving the throughput of candidate compounds in in vivo screens.

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agingneurobehaviorneurological diseaseZebrafish

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PMID18830398
PMCPMC2526373

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