Amphetamine recapitulates developmental programs in the zebrafish

Genome Biol. 2009;10(7):231. doi: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-7-231. Epub 2009 Jul 31.

Abstract

Addictive drugs hijack the human brain's 'reward' systems. A zebrafish model of addiction has recently been used to query changes in gene expression during this process.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amphetamine / toxicity*
  • Animals
  • Behavior, Addictive / genetics
  • Central Nervous System Stimulants / toxicity
  • Conditioning, Classical / drug effects
  • Models, Biological
  • Reward
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Transcription, Genetic / drug effects
  • Transcription, Genetic / genetics*
  • Zebrafish / genetics*
  • Zebrafish / physiology

Substances

  • Central Nervous System Stimulants
  • Amphetamine