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ArticleCurrent neuropharmacology2022

The Use of Zebrafish as a Non-traditional Model Organism in Translational Pain Research: The Knowns and the Unknowns.

Fabiano V Costa, Luiz V Rosa, Vanessa A Quadros, Murilo S de Abreu, Adair R S Santos, Lynne U Sneddon, Allan V Kalueff, Denis B Rosemberg

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Article in Current neuropharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Opioidergic modulation of stress-induced hyperalgesia in adult zebrafish.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  11. Towards Modeling Anhedonia and Its Treatment in Zebrafish.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Fabiano V CostaLaboratory of Experimental Neuropsychobiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Luiz V RosaLaboratory of Experimental Neuropsychobiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Vanessa A QuadrosLaboratory of Experimental Neuropsychobiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Murilo S de AbreuBioscience Institute, University of Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Adair R S SantosLaboratory of Neurobiology of Pain and Inflammation, Department of Physiological Sciences, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Trindade, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil and Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Lynne U SneddonUniversity of Gothenburg, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Allan V KalueffSchool of Pharmacy, Southwest University, Chongqing, China and Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Denis B RosembergLaboratory of Experimental Neuropsychobiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

Funding

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, PROEX/CAPES 23038.005450/2020-19Programa PQ-Gaúcho FAPERGS 19/2551-0001764-2Russian Science Foundation (RSF) 20-65-46006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of the nervous system to detect a wide range of noxious stimuli is crucial to avoid life-threatening injury and to trigger protective behavioral and physiological responses. Pain represents a complex phenomenon, including nociception associated with cognitive and emotional processing. Animal experimental models have been developed to understand the mechanisms involved in pain response, as well as to discover novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological anti-pain therapies. Due to the genetic tractability, similar physiology, low cost, and rich behavioral repertoire, the zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a powerful aquatic model for modeling pain responses. Here, we summarize the molecular machinery of zebrafish responses to painful stimuli, as well as emphasize how zebrafish-based pain models have been successfully used to understand specific molecular, physiological, and behavioral changes following different algogens and/or noxious stimuli (e.g., acetic acid, formalin, histamine, Complete Freund's Adjuvant, cinnamaldehyde, allyl isothiocyanate, and fin clipping). We also discuss recent advances in zebrafish-based studies and outline the potential advantages and limitations of the existing models to examine the mechanisms underlying pain responses from evolutionary and translational perspectives. Finally, we outline how zebrafish models can represent emergent tools to explore pain behaviors and pain-related mood disorders, as well as to facilitate analgesic therapy screening in translational pain research.

Indexed as

PainZebrafishAnalgesicsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalTranslational Research, BiomedicalAnalgesicsanti-pain medication screeningnociceptorsNon-traditional pain modelsnoxious stimulipain-related behaviorszebrafish

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PMID33719974
PMCPMC9608236

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