Brain Byte

Zebra Fish

  • Published22 Jul 2020
  • Author Calli McMurray
  • Source BrainFacts/SfN

When you think about the animals that most resemble humans, fish probably don’t come to mind. But scientists have learned a lot about human brain development, disease, and social behavior by studying the tiny zebrafish.

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d’Amora, M., & Giordani, S. (2018). The Utility of Zebrafish as a Model for Screening Developmental Neurotoxicity. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00976

Oliveira, R. F. (2013). Mind the fish: Zebrafish as a model in cognitive social neuroscience. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 7. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00131

Smith, P. (2018, May). Zebrafish Help Unlock Clues to Human Disease. Retrieved July 7, 2020, from Johns Hopkins Medicine website: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/research/advancements-in-research/fundamentals/in-depth/zebrafish-help-unlock-clues-to-human-disease

Stewart, A. M., Braubach, O., Spitsbergen, J., Gerlai, R., & Kalueff, A. V. (2014). Zebrafish models for translational neuroscience research: From tank to bedside. Trends in Neurosciences, 37(5), 264–278. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.02.011

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