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ReviewBehavioural brain research2018

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Zebrafish in the analysis of the milder and more prevalent form of the disease.

Diane Seguin, Robert Gerlai

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Review in Behavioural brain research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Diane SeguinDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada.
Robert GerlaiDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada. Electronic address: robert_gerlai@yahoo.com.
University of Toronto · CA

Funding

Social Network Influences on Adolescent AUD Treatment OutcomesR01AA014357 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHUNG, TAMMY · 2004 to 2013
$3.5M
Alcohol and zebra fish: Behavioral screens for mutantsR01AA015325 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO · PI GERLAI, ROBERT T. · 2007 to 2011
$1.2M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA014357NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA015325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) represent a large unmet medical need. Exposure of the developing human embryo to alcohol can lead to life-long suffering. Despite the well documented deleterious effects of alcohol on the developing fetus, pregnant women continue to drink alcohol, and FASD remains the leading cause of preventable mental retardation and other behavioral abnormalities. Particularly prevalent are the milder forms of the disease cluster, representing children who do not show obvious physical signs and who may be undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. To develop treatment and diagnostic tools, researchers have turned to animal models. The zebrafish is becoming one of the leading biomedical research organisms that may facilitate discovery of the biological mechanisms underlying this disease and the identification of biomarkers that may be used for diagnosis. Here we review the latest advances of this field, mostly focussing on the discoveries made in our own laboratory and others with zebrafish employed to analyze the effects of moderate to low level of exposure to alcohol. We argue that the zebrafish represents unique advantages, and adding information obtained with this species to the mix of other animal models will significantly increase translational relevance of animal biomedical research for the analysis of human FASD.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalFetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersZebrafishAnimalsHumansAlcohol related neurodevelopmental disorderDopaminergic neurotransmissionFetal alcohol spectrum disordersFetal alcohol syndromeSocial behaviorZebrafish

Identifiers

PMID28988969
PMCPMC5886839
OpenAlexW2761979608

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