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Different effects of caffeine on behavioral neurophenotypes of two zebrafish populations.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior - 1 Feb 2018
Rosa Luiz Vinícius, Ardais Ana Paula, Costa Fabiano Vargas, Fontana Barbara Dotto, Quadros Vanessa Andreatta, Porciúncula Lisiane Oliveira, Rosemberg Denis Broock
Abstract excerpt
Caffeine is a substance present in several foods and drinks of common western diet. Although high caffeine concentrations induce anxiogenic properties in various species, the influence of the different baselines of anxiety levels on caffeine-mediated responses is poorly understood. The short-fin wild-type (WT) and leopard (leo) zebrafish populations present significant behavioral differences, in which leo shows...
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