Set-up of an infrared fast behavioral assay using zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae, and its application in compound biotoxicity screening

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 214-219

  Bichara, Darío ^a,b   Calcaterra, Nora B ^b   Arranz, Silvia ^b   Armas, Pablo ^b   Simonetta, Sergio H ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Automated assay; Behavior; Biotoxicity; Danio rerio; High throughput screening; Tracking method; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; BENZOIC ACID; EDETIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOXICITY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; INFRARED RADIATION; LARVA; LC 50; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; TOXICITY TESTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

AUTOMATED ASSAY; BEHAVIOR; BIOTOXICITY; DANIO RERIO; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; TRACKING METHOD; ZEBRAFISH;

2,4-DINITROPHENOL; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CHROMATES; COPPER SULFATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SODIUM BENZOATE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84890440046     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2856     Document Type: Article

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