Zebrafish behavioural profiling identifies GABA and serotonin receptor ligands related to sedation and paradoxical excitation

Autor: Matthew N. McCarroll, Leo Gendelev, Reid Kinser, Jack Taylor, Giancarlo Bruni, Douglas Myers-Turnbull, Cole Helsell, Amanda Carbajal, Capria Rinaldi, Hye Jin Kang, Jung Ho Gong, Jason K. Sello, Susumu Tomita, Randall T. Peterson, Michael J. Keiser, David Kokel
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11936-w
Popis: Some anesthetics despite being generally associated with sedation, can also increase brain activity—a phenomenon called paradoxical excitation. The authors identified dozens of compounds that generally decrease neuronal activity, but increase activity in the caudal hindbrain of zebrafish.
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