Effects of embryonic exposure to ethanol on zebrafish visual function

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 759-766

  Bilotta, Joseph ^a   Saszik, Shannon ^a,b   Givin, Carla M ^a   Hardesty, Heather R ^a   Sutherland, Sarah E ^a,c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Ethanol; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Visual acuity; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; LARVA; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0036852718     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(02)00319-7     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Abel E.L. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects. 1984;Plenum, New York.
2. Bilotta J. Effects of abnormal lighting on the development of zebrafish visual behavior. Behav. Brain Res. 116:2000;81-87.
3. Bilotta J., Barnett J.A., Hancock L., Saszik S. The effects of embryonic exposure to ethanol on zebrafish development. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 25:1999;2022.
4. Bilotta J., Saszik S. The zebrafish as a model visual system. Int. J. Dev. Neurosci. 19:2001;621-629.
5. Bilotta J., Saszik S., DeLorenzo A.S., Hardesty H.R. Establishing and maintaining a low-cost zebrafish breeding and behavioral research facility. Behav. Res. Meth. Instrum. Comput. 31:1999;178-184.
6. Bilotta J., Saszik S., Sutherland S.E. Rod contributions to the electroretinogram of the dark-adapted developing zebrafish. Dev. Dyn. 222:2001;564-570.
7. Blader P., Strahle U. Ethanol impairs migration of the prechordal plate in the zebrafish embryo. Dev. Biol. 201:1998;185-201.
8. Bond N.W. Prenatal ethanol exposure and hyperactivity in rats: effects of D-amphetamine and alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine. Neurobehav. Toxicol. Teratol. 7:1985;461-467.
9. Branchek T., Bremiller R. The development of photoreceptors in the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio: I. Structure. J. Comp. Neurol. 224:1984;107-115.
10. Burrill J.D., Easter S.S. Jr. The first retinal axons and their microenvironment in zebrafish: cryptic pioneers and the pretract. J. Neurosci. 15:1995;2935-2947.
11. Chan D.Q. Fetal alcohol syndrome. Optom. Vis. Sci. 76:1999;678-685.
12. Chen J., Elsner A.E., Burns S.A., Hansen R.M., Lou P.L., Kwong K.K., Fulton A.B. The effect of eye shape on retinal responses. Clin. Vis. Sci. 7:1992;521-530.
13. Chmielewski C.E., Hernandez L.M., Quesada A., Pozas J.A., Picabea L., Prada F.A. Effects of ethanol on the inner layers of chick retina during development. Alcohol. 14:1997;313-317.
14. Dowling J.E. The Retina: An Approachable Part of the Brain. 1987;The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA. 282 pp.
15. Driscoll C.D., Streissguth A.P., Riley E.P. Prenatal alcohol exposure: comparability of effects in humans and animal models. Neurotox. Teratol. 12:1990;231-237.
16. Easter S.S. Jr., Nicola G.N. The development of vision in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Dev. Biol. 180:1996;646-663.
17. Evers H.U., Gouras P. Three cone mechanisms in the primate electroretinogram; two with, one without off-center bipolar cell responses. Vis. Res. 26:1986;245-254.
18. Harvey B., Kelley R.N., Ashwood-Smith M.J. Permeability of intact and dechorionated zebra fish embryos to glycerol and dimethyl sulfoxide. Cryobiology. 20:1983;432-439.
19. Hellstrom A. Optic nerve morphology may reveal adverse events during prenatal and perinatal life - digital image analysis. Surv. Ophthalmol. 44(Suppl. 1):1999;S63-S73.
20. Hellstrom A., Chen Y., Stromland K. Fundus morphology assessed by digital image analysis in children with fetal alcohol syndrome. J. Pediatr. Ophthalmol. Strabismus. 34:1997;17-23.
21. Hug T.E., Fitzgerald K.M., Cibis G.W. Clinical and electroretinographic findings in fetal alcohol syndrome. J. Am. Assoc. Pediatr. Ophthalmol. Strabismus. 4:2000;200-204.
22. Hughes A., Saszik S., Bilotta J., DeMarco P.J. Jr., Patterson W.F. II Cone contributions to the photopic spectral sensitivity of the zebrafish ERG. Vis. Neurosci. 15:1998;1029-1037.
23. Katz L.M., Fox D.A. Prenatal ethanol exposure alters scotopic and photopic components of adult rat electroretinograms. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 32:1991;2861-2872.
24. Kennedy L.A., Elliott M.J. Ocular changes in the mouse embryo following acute maternal ethanol intoxication. Int. J. Dev. Neurosci. 4:1986;311-317.
25. Lewis D.D., Woods S.E. Fetal alcohol syndrome. Am. Fam. Phys. 50:1994;1025-1032.
26. Li L., Dowling J.E. Zebrafish visual sensitivity is regulated by a circadian clock. Vis. Neurosci. 15:1998;851-857.
27. Pinazo-Duran M.D., Renau-Piqueras J., Guerri C., Stromland K. Optic nerve hypoplasia in fetal alcohol syndrome: an update. Eur. J. Ophthalmol. 7:1997;262-270.
28. Saszik S., Bilotta J. Constant dark-rearing effects on visual adaptation of the zebrafish ERG. Int. J. Dev. Neurosci. 19:2001;611-619.
29. Saszik S., Bilotta J., Givin C.M. ERG assessment of zebrafish retinal development. Vis. Neurosci. 16:1999;881-888.
30. Schmatolla E. Retino-tectal course of optic nerves in cyclopic and synophthalmic zebrafish embryos. Anat. Rec. 180:1975;377-384.
31. Schmitt E.A., Dowling J.E. Early eye morphogenesis in the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio. J. Comp. Neurol. 344:1994;532-542.
32. Streissguth A.P., Landesman-Dwyer S., Martin J.C., Smith D.W. Teratogenic effects of alcohol in humans and laboratory animals. Science. 209:1980;353-361.
33. Stromland K. Eyeground malformations in the fetal alcohol syndrome. Neuropediatrics. 12:1981;97-98.
34. Stromland K. Ocular abnormalities in the fetal alcohol syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol. Suppl. 171:1985;1-50.
35. Stromland K. Ocular involvement in the fetal alcohol syndrome. Surv. Ophthalmol. 31:1987;277-284.
36. Stromland K., Hellstrom A. Fetal alcohol syndrome - an ophthalmological and socioeducational prospective study. Pediatrics. 97:1996;845-850.
37. Stromland K., Sundelin K. Paediatric and ophthalmologic observations in offspring of alcohol abusing mothers. Acta Paediatr. Scand. 85:1996;1463-1468.