-
Article
Open AccessAnalysis of the neurotoxic effects of neuropathic organophosphorus compounds in adult zebrafish
Inhibition and aging of neuropathy target esterase (NTE) by exposure to neuropathic organophosphorus compounds (OPs) can result in OP-induced delayed neuropathy (OPIDN). In the present study we aimed to build ...
-
Article
Open AccessModelling acrylamide acute neurotoxicity in zebrafish larvae
Acrylamide (ACR), a type-2 alkene, may lead to a synaptopathy characterized by ataxia, skeletal muscles weakness and numbness of the extremities in exposed human and laboratory animals. Currently, only the mil...
-
Article
Open AccessViral nervous necrosis in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) caused by reassortant betanodavirus RGNNV/SJNNV: an emerging threat for Mediterranean aquaculture
Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) certainly represents the biggest challenge for the sustainability and the development of aquaculture. A large number of economically relevant fish species have proven to be suscept...
-
Article
Open AccessZebrafish is a predictive model for identifying compounds that protect against brain toxicity in severe acute organophosphorus intoxication
Acute organophosphorus (OP) intoxication is a worldwide clinical and public health problem. In addition to cholinergic crisis, neurodegeneration and brain damage are hallmarks of the severe form of this toxidr...
-
Article
Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Zebrafish Models for Human Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning
Terrorist use of organophosphorus-based nerve agents and toxic industrial chemicals against civilian populations constitutes a real threat, as demonstrated by the terrorist attacks in Japan in the 1990 s or, e...
-
Article
Open AccessZebrafish Models for Human Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning
Terrorist use of organophosphorus-based nerve agents and toxic industrial chemicals against civilian populations constitutes a real threat, as demonstrated by the terrorist attacks in Japan in the 1990 s or, e...
-
Article
Open AccessAccacoelium contortum (Trematoda: Accacoeliidae) a trematode living as a monogenean: morphological and pathological implications
Accacoelium contortum (Rudolphi, 1819) Monticelli, 1893 is a frequent but poorly known trematode found on gills, pharynx and digestive tract of the ocean sunfish Mola mola (L.). Althou...
-
Article
Low-temperature challenges to gilthead sea bream culture: review of cold-induced alterations and ‘Winter Syndrome’
Although gilthead sea bream have been cultured successfully for the last two decades they are particularly sensitive to low temperature. Especially in the northern Mediterranean area, cold affects fish health ...
