Implementation of a New Experimental Animal Model - Zebrafish
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: Danio rerio (zebrafish, paulistinha) is a freshwater small fish that has been used as an animal model for studies of several human diseases. Its characteristics of being easily bred and reproduced and its laboratory housing methods are well established. It requires some basic care and the acquisition of specific low-cost equipment. Since this fish has already been considered a good human disease model, it may serve as a powerful preclinical platform for the study of molecular events, therapeutic strategies, and for evaluating the physiological mechanisms of some pathologies. The Laboratory of Experimental Hepatology and Gastroenterology (LEHG) of the Research Center of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre initiated studies with the zebrafish in 2008, presented here.
Source: Americanae (AECID Library)
Institution: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Language: English
Subfield: Cell Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1495332635