zebra fish
noun
: any of various barred fishes
especially
: a very small blue-and-silver-striped Indian danio (Danio rerio synonym Brachydanio rerio) often kept in the tropical aquarium
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Those upstream circuits are better understood in other organisms, like zebra fish.
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Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Mosca notes the same strategies used in this study will likely help illuminate brain-behavior links in other model animals such as zebra fish or fruit flies.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2023
Some zebra fish eyes contained concentrations of cocaine that were 1,000 times higher than levels that would be lethal to humans.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 26 July 2023
Morais cautioned, however, that neither zebra fish nor mice are perfect analogues for human beings — or for each other.
—Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2022
The drug has already proved effective in infected zebra fish and is moving on to trials in mice.
—Stephanie Stone, Scientific American, 23 July 2022
Jain tackled the problem by looking at how bone grows in zebra fish fins.
—Erica Westly, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2012
The team sifted through 40,000 different genes from nematodes, zebra fish and mice, and identified 30 genes common to each species — and humans — that significantly influenced the aging process.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2015
The team hypothesized that a healthy gut microbiome somehow enables microglia to flourish in zebra fish brains.
—Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2022
Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Mosca notes the same strategies used in this study will likely help illuminate brain-behavior links in other model animals such as zebra fish or fruit flies.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2023
Some zebra fish eyes contained concentrations of cocaine that were 1,000 times higher than levels that would be lethal to humans.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 26 July 2023
Morais cautioned, however, that neither zebra fish nor mice are perfect analogues for human beings — or for each other.
—Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2022
The drug has already proved effective in infected zebra fish and is moving on to trials in mice.
—Stephanie Stone, Scientific American, 23 July 2022
Jain tackled the problem by looking at how bone grows in zebra fish fins.
—Erica Westly, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2012
The team sifted through 40,000 different genes from nematodes, zebra fish and mice, and identified 30 genes common to each species — and humans — that significantly influenced the aging process.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2015
The team hypothesized that a healthy gut microbiome somehow enables microglia to flourish in zebra fish brains.
—Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 15 Nov. 2022
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First Known Use
1771, in the meaning defined above
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