Comparability of behavioural assays using zebrafish larvae to assess neurotoxicity

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 16277-16289

  Legradi, J ^a   el Abdellaoui, N ^a   van Pomeren, M ^a   Legler, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Development; Larvae; Light dark; Locomotor; Neurotoxicity; Photomotor; Review; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIOR; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; LARVA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; TOXICITY TEST; VULNERABILITY;

DANIO RERIO; RODENTIA;

POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84945437300     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3805-8     Document Type: Article

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