Developing HighER-throughput Zebrafish Screens for In-vivo CNS Drug Discovery

Overview

Journal Front Behav Neurosci

Specialty Psychology

Date 2015 Mar 3

PMID 25729356

Citations 22

Authors

Adam Michael Stewart

Robert Gerlai

Allan V Kalueff

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Abstract

The high prevalence of brain disorders and the lack of their efficient treatments necessitate improved in-vivo pre-clinical models and tests. The zebrafish (Danio rerio), a vertebrate species with high genetic and physiological homology to humans, is an excellent organism for innovative central nervous system (CNS) drug discovery and small molecule screening. Here, we outline new strategies for developing higher-throughput zebrafish screens to test neuroactive drugs and predict their pharmacological mechanisms. With the growing application of automated 3D phenotyping, machine learning algorithms, movement pattern- and behavior recognition, and multi-animal video-tracking, zebrafish screens are expected to markedly improve CNS drug discovery.

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