Zebrafish as a tool in Alzheimer's disease research

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dc.contributor.authorNewman, M.
dc.contributor.authorVerdile, G.
dc.contributor.authorMartins, R.
dc.contributor.authorLardelli, M.
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractAlzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of neurodegenerative disease. Despite many years of intensive research our understanding of the molecular events leading to this pathology is far from complete. No effective treatments have been defined and questions surround the validity and utility of existing animal models. The zebrafish (and, in particular, its embryos) is a malleable and accessible model possessing a vertebrate neural structure and genome. Zebrafish genes orthologous to those mutated in human familial Alzheimer's disease have been defined. Work in zebrafish has permitted discovery of unique characteristics of these genes that would have been difficult to observe with other models. In this brief review we give an overview of Alzheimer's disease and transgenic animal models before examining the current contribution of zebrafish to this research area. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Zebrafish Models of Neurological Diseases.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMorgan Newman, Giuseppe Verdile, Ralph N. Martins and Michael Lardelli
dc.description.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/506068/description#description
dc.identifier.citationBiochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease, 2011; 1812(3):346-352
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.bbadis.2010.09.012
dc.identifier.issn0925-4439
dc.identifier.issn1879-260X
dc.identifier.orcidNewman, M. [0000-0002-4930-4529]
dc.identifier.orcidLardelli, M. [0000-0002-4289-444X]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/65648
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science BV
dc.relation.grantNHMRC
dc.rightsCopyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. SciVerse® is a registered trademark of Elsevier Properties S.A., used under license. ScienceDirect® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2010.09.012
dc.subjectZebrafish
dc.subjectAlzheimer's disease
dc.subjectPresenilin
dc.titleZebrafish as a tool in Alzheimer's disease research
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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